KINABATANGAN, Sept 15 (Bernama) -- A stroke patient died when the ambulance he was in collided with a van near Jalan Kampung Paris 1 here this morning.
Kinabatangan District Police Chief Supt D Ravi said 11 people were injured in the 9.40 am incident, including the ambulance driver, a co-driver, a doctor, and a nurse on board the ambulance, as well as eight individuals in the van.
He said the injured are currently being treated in the green zone of Kinabatangan Hospital.
"In the incident, the patient, a woman, was being transferred from Lahad Datu Hospital to Queen Elizabeth 1 Hospital in Kota Kinabalu for treatment.
"As the ambulance was negotiating a bend, a van entered the opposite lane and collided with the ambulance. As a result of the crash, the patient died at the scene," he told Bernama.
He said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
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