Pune: A 14-year-old patient going to Mumbai for cancer treatment died in a road accident when the ambulance collided with a truck on Pune-Mumbai highway on Tuesday.
The accident took place near Dari Pool on the highway at around 2:30 am.
The deceased has been identified as Kiran Ankush Awatade of Lendave-Chinchole village in Mangalwedha tehsil of Solapur district. Admitted to a hospital in Satara, his parents decided to shift him to a Mumbai-based hospital after he was diagnosed with cancer.
According to the police, the ambulance driven by Saddam Sutar rammed into a truck while overtaking a Mumbai-bound truck.
Mohan Deshmukh, sub-inspector, Bharati Vidyapeeth Police Station, said, “The patient died, and his three family members and ambulance driver were severely injured. Sutar was shifted to a hospital in Satara the next day.”
Bharati Vidyapeeth Police Station has filed a case against Sutar under Sections 279, 304(a), 338 of the IPC and Section 184 of Motor Vehicles Act.