Ambulance skids into drain in Taiping, four injured

IPOH: Four people, including a 68-year-old man, were injured when a Health Ministry’s ambulance they were in skidded into a drain near Jalan Tol Kamunting, Taiping here, on Tuesday (July 9).

Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the incident occurred at 3.30am when the ambulance returned to Parit Buntar Hospital after taking the senior citizen to Taiping Hospital for treatment.

He said in a statement that three ministry staff, two men and a woman, aged 20 to 57, were injured, while the senior citizen and a female staff were seriously injured in the crash.

All the victims were sent to Taiping Hospital for treatment. – Bernama