Chandigarh: 18-yr-old killed in accident with ambulance
Ambulance breaks down while rushing him to hospital; driver held An 18-year-old biker was killed after being hit by an ambulance that was coming from the wrong side on Friday morning. The incident took place at Spice Chowk in Mohali at 6 am. 18 year old victim, Ajay was from Uttar Pradesh and was staying on rent at Mohali village in Phase 1. Ajay worked as a peon in a private firm at the Industrial Area here and had stopped at a traffic signal on way to work when the accident took place. Ajay’s cousin Sunny took help of other commuters to put Ajay in the same ambulance and was taken to a government hospital. But when the ambulance reached Sector 45, it broke down and Ajay was shifted to an auto-rickshaw. He was declared brought dead on reached the hospital. The ambulance driver fled when the vehicle broke down at Sector 45. “We have arrested the driver, Sat Bahadur, the police later confirmed. The ambulance belongs to the Regional Spinal Injury Centre in Sector 70 and the driver was staying there,” said Phase-1 station house officer (SHO) inspector Rajan Parminder Singh. On Sunny’s statement, police have registered a case of rash driving and causing death due to negligence under Sections 279 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code. -PTC News
