Truck brakes on DME, 2 die as ambulance crashes into it

Ghaziabad: A patient and his teenaged son died when their ambulance collided with a mini-truck near Bhojpur toll plaza on Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Friday afternoon.

Two others were injured in the accident.

Gulnaz (48), who was being transferred from Apex Hospital in Noida to Muzaffarnagar, and his 15-year-old son Danish were declared dead upon arrival at Jeevan Hospital in Modinagar.

Gulnaz's wife Salma and ambulance driver Wahid sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment.

The accident occurred around 3.30pm. Wahid claimed the truck, moving ahead, had slowed down suddely and the ambulance hit it from behind. The impact caused the truck to hit a divider and overturn, spilling the plyboards it was carrying on the road. The accident hit traffic briefly on the busy expressway.

Police had to cleared the road to resume traffic movement. The relatives of the deceased were informed but no complaint was received. The truck driver fled the scene.