Ambulance driver killed, three hurt in PLUS highway crash

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An ambulance driver died while two nurses and a patient were injured when the vehicle was involved in an accident at KM59.8 of the North-South Expressway (PLUS), southbound, on Tuesday (Dec 9).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ykhxnkrr  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Tragedy on the North-South Expressway on Tuesday as an ambulance driver lost his life in a road

00:08accident. The incident occurred at kilometre 59.8 of the Plus Highway southbound near Rengam

00:15at around 1.30 p.m. A Segamat Hospital ambulance skidded, resulting in four casualties,

00:22the 43-year-old driver, two nurses and a patient who was being transported.

00:27Rengam Fire and Rescue Station deployed six personnel who arrived to find the driver and

00:32front passenger had been thrown from the vehicle, while two other victims remained in the back of

00:37the ambulance. The rescue team moved all victims to a safe area before handing them over to ambulance

00:44services. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was handed over to police for

00:49further action. The three injured victims, both nurses and the patient, were sent to Enchek Basar

00:55Hajah Khalsam Hospital in Kluang for treatment.

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