Patient dies as ambulance gets stuck in roadblock

ADIMALI: A patient who was being rushed to a hospital died as the ambulance carrying her got stuck in a roadblock. The deceased has been identified as Adimali native Beevi (57), wife of Kunjumuhammed.

The incident occurred on Tuesday at the national highway evening near Valara. Beevi was being rushed to the hospital in the ambulance after her blood pressure decreased drastically. While the ambulance was travelling to a private hospital in Ernakulam, a tree fell in front of the ambulance thereby blocking the road. With this, the traffic stopped. It was a big tree and could not be cut down. The housewife died after her ambulance remained there for more than 15 minutes, while her blood pressure lowered.