Pramesh S Jain
A couple were killed and several vehicles and police Island damaged when a speeding ambulance rammed into their two-wheeler near Richmond Circle on Saturday morning.
Several two wheelers and a police chowki was also damaged .
The deceased have been identified as Ismail,40 and Sameena Banu .
Senior officers visited the spot and said that the couple was travelling on a Dio scooter when an ambulance coming at high speed from the Richmond Circle side crashed into them from behind.
The signal was red,and the couple had stopped their bike when the ambulance,allegedly driven recklessly, failed to slow down and hit them.
The impact was so severe that both crushed under the ambulance and died on the spot .
The ambulance,which reportedly belonged to Cloudnine hospital did not have any patient on board at the time of the accident.Despite this,the driver is said to have been speeding with the siren on.
After hitting the couple,the ambulance collided with three other bikes and dragged one of them for nearly 50 meters before coming to a halt after crashing into a police outpost.
The incident triggered public outrage at the spot,with angry locals overturning the ambulance in protest to pull out the vehicles and victims crushed under the vehicle.
They alleged that this was the second such incident involving an ambulance in the area and accused drivers of misusing sirens and driving recklessly even when not carrying patients.
The Wilson garden traffic Police have taken up the case death due to negligence rash and negligent driving against the driver for further investigation into the role of the ambulance driver and the hospital management.
