Daijiworld Media Network – Byndoor (EP)

Byndoor, Jul 20: In a tragic incident, a speeding ambulance hit a pillar of a Shiroor toll gate counter killing four persons, seriously injuring two others, all from the same family on Wednesday, July 20. The driver and a toll staff escaped with minor injuries. 

The ambulance that was on its way to bring a patient from Honnavar to Kundapur hospital when the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the pillar. It is said he might have lost control while trying to evade a cow that was sitting in toll lane. Among the three deceased, one was a woman and the remaining two men.

Madhav Nayak, Jyothi Nayak, Gajanana Laxman Nayak and another are the deceased. Manjunath, Shashank Nayak and Geetha were seriously injured and shifted to Udupi for further treatment when reports last came in.

Ambulance driver Roshan Rodrigues is out of danger. Toll gate staff Sambaje Ghorpade who went to move the barriacde for ambulance suffered minor injuries in the accident. Gajanan Nayak was suffering from stomach related ailment and hence was being by ambulance by his family members to hospital from Honnavar in North Karnataka.

The ambulance toppled over after ramming into the counter and the rear door broke open. The inmates were thrown out  of the ambulance because of the impact of the collision.