The ambulance of Nanong Basic Health Unit (BHU) veered off the road at Khenandrang, about 12 kilometres away from the BHU at around 10 30 am yesterday killing three people including the driver.
The ambulance, carrying a nine-year-old patient with her parents as attendants, was on its way to Pema Gatshel Hospital from Nanong BHU. The ambulance driver and the patient died on the spot, while the mother of the patient succumbed to injuries on the way to Pema Gatshel Hospital. The father survived with a head injury and he is further referred to Thimphu JDWNRH.
The 33-year-old driver is from Jurmed Gewog in Monggar Dzongkhag, and the family in the ambulance are from Nanong Gewog in Pema Gatshel.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Thinley Dorji
