In an unfortunate incident, a 45-year-old man, a heart patient who was being rushed in an ambulance was killed when an allegedly speeding car rammed the van near Delhi Gate early on Tuesday morning.
According to the police, the driver of the Hyundai Eon car was arrested and booked for causing death by negligence and rash driving.
The victim, identified as Man Singh, was suffering from heart ailment and used to visit the GB Pant Hospital in Central Delhi frequently for the treatment.
The victim, identified as Man Singh, a farmer from Sonepat, suffered from heart ailment and used to visit GB Pant Hospital in central Delhi frequently for the treatment. At around 1 am on Tuesday, he experienced severe heart pain and his family called in an ambulance to rush him to Delhi. Police said that the accident happened around 3.30am near Delhi Gate.
"We were so close to the hospital when we met with an accident. The ambulance was just taking a right turn at a traffic signal, a few hundred metres before the hospital, when a car suddenly hit the middle of the ambulance," said a relative of the victim.
Naresh, one of the relatives, who was in the ambulance at the time of the accident, said the ambulance turned turtle on impact. He was, however, unsure how the accident happened as "it was dark at that time".
People passing by rushed to rescue the people trapped inside. "The nozzle of the oxygen cylinder meant to support my uncle's breathing entered his chest and killed him," said Naresh. The patient was rushed to the hospital, but could not be saved. When the police reached the spot, they found both the damaged vehicles on the roadside.
The Eon driver was identified as Mahfooz Alam, a resident of Zakir Nagar in South Delhi's Okhla. He was found near the accident spot and taken into custody.