Two women from Adilabad killed as lorry hits ambulance

Two women from Adilabad district were killed when a lorry hit an ambulance at Kadtal village in Nirmal district on Friday. Another woman and the ambulance driver sustained serious injuries. The ambulance was transporting a patient to Hyderabad for treatment.

Nirmal: Two women from Adilabad district were killed on the spot, while two others sustained injuries after a speeding truck rammed into an ambulance carrying one of the women to Nizamabad for treatment at Kadtal village on Thursday night.

Police said the deceased were identified as Saraswati (22) and her mother, Paru Bai (50), from Jhari village. Another woman, Geetha, and the ambulance driver sustained serious injuries in the mishap. They were admitted to a hospital in Nirmal town. The driver’s condition was said to be critical.

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Paru Bai and Geetha were travelling with Saraswati, who had been diagnosed with various ailments and was being taken to Nizamabad in the ambulance. A lorry transporting goods from Tamil Nadu to Uttarakhand hit the ambulance while travelling on the wrong side, leading to the accident and killing the two women.