Madhya Pradesh: Woman, Newborn Among Four Killed After Ambulance Collides Into Tree

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Four people, including a woman and her newborn were killed after the ambulance ferrying them to their native village collided with a tree in Narmadapuram district on Monday, police said.

The family was on their way home from the hospital post the woman’s delivery.

Piparia police station in charge Girish Tripathi said that Anjali Rajput (21) had given birth to a boy on June 26 at a hospital here and she and the newborn along with two other women relatives were returning to their native Sarra Kishore village in an ambulance post delivery when the accident took place.

He added that the driver lost control of the ambulance and it hit a mango tree. Anjali, her son, Ranu Rajput (32) and Asha Rajput (48) died in the mishap.

The ambulance driver was injured and referred to Bhopal for treatment.