Guwahati: As many as four persons died and four others have been critically injured after a speeding ambulance lost control and crashed into a toll gate at Shiroor in Udupi district of Karnataka on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as Gajanana Naik (45) while the injured patient identified as Manjunath Naik (40), Lokesh Naik (42) and Jyothi (32).
According to reports, the vehicle swerved, crashed and then overturned, throwing the patient and others out of the vehicle. The whole incident was captured at the CCTV. All the injured were immediately rushed to the hospital. Toll gate staffer Shambhaji Gorpade who rushed to remove the barricades suffered injuries but is said to be out of danger.
The driver of the ambulance has been identified as Roshan.
As per police source, eight people, including the driver, were travelling in the ambulance from Honnavar to Udupi with the patient Gajanana who was under treatment at a private hospital in Honnavar. He was being taken to a hospital in Udupi for further treatment.
The ambulance was on its way to bring a patient from Honnavar to Kundapur.
Later, Byndoor police visited the spot and an investigation is under way.