With no ambulance turning up, traffic cops shift accident victim to hospital in pickup truck

BELAGAVI: A two-wheeler rider, who was involved in an accident with a bus, lay bleeding and writhing in pain on the road leading to Sambra airport today morning. With no ambulance turning up even 15 minutes after calls were made, the traffic police shifted the injured man in a pickup vehicle to a hospital.

The injured man was shifted to hospital in a pickup truck.

The accident occurred ahead of Chief Minster Siddaramaiah’s visit to the city and the CM’s convoy was to take the same road. The injured two-wheeler rider was indentified as Mahesh Dudagundi.

The bus which was involved in the accident.

Locals who had gathered at the accident spot vented anger that no ambulance turned up in time, while appreciating the quick action of the traffic police. The incident occurred in Marihal police limits and a case has been registered.