Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Aug 18: A private ambulance, en route to Mangaluru with a patient, overturned at Anchekatte here.
The driver of the vehicle, who sustained serious injuries, succumbed to his wounds while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
The deceased driver is identified as Shabir, a resident of Guruvayanakere.
The Sara ambulance, traveling from Beltangady to Mangaluru, toppled along the road at Koppala Anchikatte, near Vagga. The critically injured driver was transferred with the patient in the ambulance to Mangaluru using an alternate vehicle. Hospital sources informed the police that despite receiving treatment in the emergency casualty section, the driver passed away without responding to medical intervention.
Details regarding the patient being transported in the ambulance are currently unavailable.