A newborn baby was among two persons killed when an ambulance van carrying them collided head on with an oil tanker on the Bada Ghat road under the Khallikote police limits early on Monday morning.
Reports said a baby boy was born to laxman Reddy of Kainchapur village at the Ganjam Government hospital on Sunday. But as the health of the infant became critical, doctors referred the mother and the baby to the Government hospital at Chhatrapur and later to the MKCG Medical College Hospital. But the doctors at the MKCG hospital referred him to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
Shakuntala Reddy, mother of the baby, and her brother Parsuram were on the way to Cuttack by a 102 Ambulance van when the driver lost control over the vehicle, which collided head on with an oil tanker.
While the baby and Parsuram died on the spot, Shakuntala sustained head injuries. Following information, the Khallikote police rushed to the spot and admitted the injured mother to the Government hospital at Khallikote. The bodies were later taken to the hospital for postmortem.