The key facts

  • An ambulance overturned on the approach to Arkhangelsk Airport from the M-8 Kholmogory highway.
  • The 66-year-old passenger, who was being transported on a stretcher, was hospitalized with injuries.
  • According to the source, the vehicle was fitted with summer tires.

Ambulance overturns

In Primorsky District of Arkhangelsk Region, an ambulance veered into a ditch and overturned. The accident occurred in the evening of November 5 on the approach to Arkhangelsk Airport from the M-8 Kholmogory highway. According to preliminary data, the 57-year-old driver of a GAZ Sobol lost control and drove off the road, reports the Telegram channel Arkhangelsk No. 1, which is cited by Gazeta.Ru.

The injured

The 66-year-old female passenger, who was being transported on a stretcher as a patient, was hospitalized with injuries. The driver and two other passengers received medical assistance. According to the channel, the vehicle was fitted with summer tires.

Context

Earlier, on October 29, Gazeta.Ru reported another incident involving an ambulance — on that occasion it flipped onto its roof in a crash. No connection between these cases is indicated in the publications. The outlet separately described an accident in Pyatigorsk, where a foreign-made car was thrown into pedestrians in a collision: an 18-year-old victim was hospitalized, and another received assistance at the scene. These events are not related to the incident in Arkhangelsk Region.