<p>Bengaluru: A 40-year-old cancer patient was killed when the ambulance he was being ferried in crashed into a truck near Bommanahalli forest on NH4 on Monday night.</p>.<p>The patient, Vijaykumar, was being taken to Bengaluru from Hosadurga, when the incident happened on Monday at 11.45 pm.</p>.<p>As the ambulance approached the Bommanahalli mini forest near Nelamangala, the driver attempted to overtake a truck moving ahead of him, but instead crashed into it. “While the driver suffered multiple injuries, Vijaykumar died on the spot," an investigating officer told <em>DH</em>. </p>.KSRTC bus mows down 57-yr-old pedestrian.<p>The truck driver continued driving and fled the spot, the officer added.</p>.<p>Vijaykumar had a medical emergency late Monday evening and his family was rushing him to the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for cancer for several years.</p>.<p>A case has been registered at the Nelamangala traffic police station under IPC Section 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 304A (causing death by negligence), and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others).</p>
<p>Bengaluru: A 40-year-old cancer patient was killed when the ambulance he was being ferried in crashed into a truck near Bommanahalli forest on NH4 on Monday night.</p>.<p>The patient, Vijaykumar, was being taken to Bengaluru from Hosadurga, when the incident happened on Monday at 11.45 pm.</p>.<p>As the ambulance approached the Bommanahalli mini forest near Nelamangala, the driver attempted to overtake a truck moving ahead of him, but instead crashed into it. “While the driver suffered multiple injuries, Vijaykumar died on the spot," an investigating officer told <em>DH</em>. </p>.KSRTC bus mows down 57-yr-old pedestrian.<p>The truck driver continued driving and fled the spot, the officer added.</p>.<p>Vijaykumar had a medical emergency late Monday evening and his family was rushing him to the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for cancer for several years.</p>.<p>A case has been registered at the Nelamangala traffic police station under IPC Section 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 304A (causing death by negligence), and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others).</p>