HYDERABAD: Four persons travelling in an ambulance died and four others suffered injuries when a speeding car rammed into it on the Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Adibhatla in the city outskirts during the wee hours of Friday.
The deceased were identified as Venkateshwar Rao, 60, of Gangavati in Bellary district of Karnataka, his wife Subba Laxmi, 55, Venkateshwar's brother Rama Rao, 65, and the ambulance driver, Shiva, 35, of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh.
The mishap occurred at 3am when the family of Rao was travelling from Eluru town to Gangavathy in Bellary district of Karnataka after obtaining medical treatment for Venkateshwar Rao.
When the ambulance (MH 26 N 9244) reached near Wondela in Adibhatla, a Tata Hexa car (TS 09 EZ 0801) coming from Shamshabad to city overshot the median due to the negligence of the driver, Manoj, and rammed into it.
Venkateshwar Rao and his wife Subba Laxmi died on the spot while ambulance driver, Shiva, was declared brought dead at the Osmania General Hospital. Venkateshwar's brother Rama Rao succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Four others including, Venkateshwar's son, Hemachander Rao, his brother in law Srinivas, second driver of the ambulance, Thohit, and car driver Manoj suffered injuries. At the time of the
accident, there were seven people in the ambulance and six persons were in the Tata Hexa car.
Adibhtla police registered a case under sections 304-a and 337 of the IPC.
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