Badasahi: Tension erupted at Chauliashola on Udala-Baripada road under Badasahi block in Mayurbhanj district when a 108 ambulance hit a trolley rickshaw Wednesday.
Locals held the ambulance staff responsible for the mishap and manhandled six persons including the driver, pharmacist and other crew members following which all of them sustained injuries and are undergoing treatment at Baripada hospital.
The 108 Ambulance Employees’ Association has threatened to go on strike if there is no action against the accused.
According to reports, the ambulance with a patient from Udala was heading to Baripada when it collided with a trolley rickshaw near Chauliashola as the visibility was low due to dense fog.
When another ambulance from Baripada came to take the patient to hospital, some locals gathered and thrashed the staff of both ambulances severely.
The injured were identified as pharmacist Benudhar Mohanta, Manas Das, driver Prasant Patra, Manoj Behera, attendant Sagar Muduli and Laxman Nath.
Badasahi police registered a case and started an investigation.
PNN