A woman patient was killed and four people were critically injured when an out-of-control truck hit their ambulance on NH-5 near Chingudi Square here on Tuesday.
The 108 ambulance which was carrying a sick woman along with her husband, son-in-law and daughter and ambulance staff was hit by the truck from the rear.
The patient Dhanantari Mahanta was killed on the spot while her husband Karitaka Mohanty, son-in-law Rajesh Kumar Mahanta, daughter Subhasmita Mahanta, and an ambulance staff were critically injured, said reports.
The accident took place in the Simulia police station artea when the ambulance was carrying the patient to SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack from Baripada. The injured were admitted to a local hospital. later, two patients were shifted to the SCB Hospital after their conditions deteriorated.