One dead as ambulance rams into parked truck in Odisha

JAJPUR: A 28-year-old ambulance attendant died and two others sustained serious injuries when their ambulance crashed into a stationary truck on NH-16 near Rathia Chhak under Dharmasala police limits in Jajpur district on Friday night.

The deceased was identified as Achutananda Barik of Dasarathapur in the district, who was working as the attendant of the ambulance. The injured included the ambulance driver and a relative of the patient.

According to the police, the ambulance was returning to Dasarathapur after dropping off a patient at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. The accident occurred when the ambulance driver lost control and the vehicle crashed into the rear end of a parked truck near Rathia Chhak.