Kakinada: An accident involving an ambulance and RTC bus killed a patient on way to hospital and a paramedical staff along with the driver. The accident occurred on ADB Road, Peddapuram. Ten passengers travelling on the RTC bus were also injured in the incident. The ambulance carrying the patient Katheti Sathibabu, 28, of Singampalli village of Rangampet mandal, was on its way to the Government General Hospital (GGH), Kakinada. Peddapuram Circle Inspector K. Nageswara Rao said that Sathibabu, suffering from a kidney ailment, was being taken to GGH, Kakinada in an '108' ambulance.
The speeding ambulance hit an RTC bus going towards Rajahmundry from Kakinada. The patient died on the spot while the driver of the ambulance Medisetty Srinivas, 38, of Anaparthi village and a technician Thatikonada Uma Sankar, 28, were declared dead on arrival by doctors at a private hospital in Kakinada. CI Nageswara Rao said that it was raining at the time of the accident and the ambulance may have skidded on the slippery road. The 10 injured bus passengers were provided treatment at the local hospital in Peddapuram and discharged. The deputy chief minister and home minister Nimmakayala Chinna Rajappa rushed to the spot. Peddapuram CI K. Nages-wara Rao registered a case and begun investigations. Peddapuram police took RTC driver Ali into custody.
