Ambulance exhaust leak leaves one dead, three others unconscious


PORT DICKSON: A staff of the Bukit Pelanduk health clinic here died while three others lost consciousness after they were believed to have inhaled carbon monoxide from the leaking exhaust pipe of an ambulance they were in.

Negri Sembilan Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said rescuers rushed to the scene after receiving a call about the incident at about 9.50am yesterday.

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