Ambulance crash sends more patients to hospital

Star: GEORGE TOWN: It took two ambulances to send an asthma patient to the Penang Hospital as the first one had crashed in an accident, injuring the patient and six others.
A 47-year-old man, who had suffered a heart attack at around 5am yesterday, was picked up by an ambulance from the Penang Hospital. Half an hour later, at a junction in Jalan Sg Pinang, the ambulance collided with an oncoming car.
The man and two female relatives, who had accompanied him, as well as the driver of the car, in his 30s, suffered light injuries.
The ambulance driver and two att­en­dants were also hurt.
All seven were later picked up by two ambulances and admitted to the Penang Hospital.
There have been several accidents involving ambulances in just under four months.
On Sept 10, an ambulance heading to an accident scene collided with a car, injuring four people near Kuantan.
On Sept 5, a woman accompanying her husband died when the ambulance skidded into a ditch in Sabah.
On Aug 31, Norizah Bujang, 62, was accompanying her daughter Moriem Tam Suhana Ahmah, 30, when the ambulance crashed into a ditch in Gemencheh, Negri Sembilan. Norizah was killed in the crash.