Ambulance topples as car hits it near waterlogged road in Kasaragod
patient dies in hospital, seven injured
Kasaragod: A patient who was being taken to hospital in an ambulance sustained serious injuries following a collision between a car and the ambulance near Uppala Gate on Tuesday evening and died in hospital.
The accident victim is identified as Shaheena (48). She was rushed to a hospital in Mangaluru immediately, but could not be saved as she failed to respond to the treatment.
Seven other people, including Shaheena's daughter Riya Fathima (9), sister Shajeena (45) and relative Asif (22), as well as the ambulance driver Akram (38), are reported to have been injured in the accident.
The accident is said to have occurred due to waterlogging of the road following heavy rain in the area. The ambulance was taking Shaheena from a hospital in Kannur of the district to Mangaluru for further treatment when the driver, finding the road to be inundated, applied the brakes suddenly. A car that was behind ambulance is learned to have collided with the ambulance that halted unexpected. Due to the force of the collision, however, the ambulance driver reportedly lost control and the vehicle overturned on the road.
The collision also resulted in a serial accident as five vehicles that were behind the car crashed into the vehicles ahead of them.
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Dragging Gaurav's family, children into 'Pak link' allegation by Assam CM wrong politics: Priyanka
Guwahati (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday criticised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for attacking Gaurav Gogoi over alleged Pakistan links, asserting that dragging his family and children into it is "wrong politics".
After paying homage to Zubeen Garg at his cremation ground 'Zubeen Khetra' at Sonapur on the outskirts of Guwahati, Vadra said the singer was "above politics" and spread the message of love throughout his life.
"There are two types of leaders in politics -- one who does positive politics and the other who does polarisation. Gaurav Gogoi is doing the politics of love," she said when asked about Sarma's repeated attacks on the Assam Congress chief over alleged Pakistan links.
Vadra asserted that Gogoi is "a positive person, and wants to bring positivity in politics".
"That is why such attacks on him are taking place. People of Assam understand this. But the attacks on Gaurav and his family are the wrong politics. Nobody should attack the family and children (of a political leader)," Vadra said.
Instead of such politics, the Assam CM should "talk about the youth and women of the state, who are looking for jobs", the Wayanad MP said.
"You are seeing how much corruption is taking place. It is just a betrayal of the people of the state," she told reporters.
Talking about her visit to 'Zubeen Khetra' in the morning, Vadra said that she went to the cremation ground to pay her respect to the singer and not do any politics over it.
"Zubeen Garg was above politics. His cremation ground should be a sacred place and should not be used for politics," she added.
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