A driver and attendant were injured after the brakes of the ambulance they were in stopped working and collided with a truck on the East Coast Highway yesterday around 11 am.
The driver, 32-year-old Sandor Walcott, sustained a broken right leg.
He was still in the operating room of the Georgetown Public Hospital undergoing surgery late last evening. The attendant also broke his leg.
According to Walcott’s mother, Ms Walcott, she learnt that her son was travelling to pick up a patient in Ogle. She added that her son told her the ambulance “just seize up and flip and he get pin”.
This newspaper later learnt that the ambulance crashed into a truck which was travelling on the Highway at the time.
Both vehicles were taken to the Kitty Police Station. The front of the ambulance was smashed in while there was little damage to the truck. Police are investigating.
