VIJAYAWADA: A 67-year-old man died and three others were injured in a road accident involving a private ambulance near Kethanakonda, 30 km from Vijayawada on Friday morning. The ambulance was reportedly shifting a COVID-19 patient to Hyderabad for treatment.
According to police, the victim, identified as Grandi Ranga Nayakudu, along with his wife and two others was going to Hyderabad, when the private ambulance they were travelling in hit the railing of a culvert and toppled over to the roadside.
Alerted by passersby, Ibrahimpatnam police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to a government hospital in Vijayawada. It is yet to be confirmed who the COVID-19 patient was. A case has been registered and investigations are on.