JERTIH, June 10: A Ministry of Health ambulance carrying two patients from an earlier motorcycle crash was involved in a triple-vehicle collision in Kampung Cherang Meliling, off Jalan Jertih – Pasir Akar, yesterday.
District police chief Supt Mohd Rozaime Ab Rahman said the accident occurred at 5.00 pm as the ambulance was en route to the Besut Hospital.
Two male patients, one seriously injured, the other with minor wounds, had been picked up from a previous accident in Kampung Chegar Batang.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) crossed from the right shoulder of the road and collided with the ambulance,” he said in a statement today.
The impact caused the ambulance to lose control, veer onto the left shoulder, and smash into a parked car, knocking it into a drain.
He added that apart from the two patients in the ambulance, all others involved, including the ambulance driver and MPV driver, escaped injury. However, the front of the ambulance was damaged.
“Both patients were transferred to another ambulance and taken to the Besut Hospital, about less than one kilometre from the scene,” he said, adding that all road users to strictly follow traffic rules and give priority to emergency vehicles.
— BERNAMA