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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Neeraj Chopra wins Golden Spike meet
Ostrava (Czech Republic), Jun 24 (PTI): Indian javelin throw superstar Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday clinched the title at the Golden Spike meet in his maiden appearance here, his back-to-back win in a top-class competition.
Fresh from his Paris Diamond League win on June 20, Chopra emerged on top in a nine-man field here though with a modest effort of 85.29m in the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event.
He had skipped the last two editions of Golden Spike -- an event that his coach Jan Zelezny won nine times in a storied career -- due to fitness issues.
The 27-year-old Chopra has had an impressive season so far, having won his first Diamond League title in two years in Paris after also breaching the elusive 90m mark during his second place finish in Doha DL in May.
