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[VIDEO] Ambulance Crashed Into Car After Reckless Driver Swerved Into Its Lane

The accident happened in Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Cover image via China Press

A dashcam video showed a car crashing into an ambulance after it had recklessly turned left on a road had gone viral on social media

A screen capture from the dashcam video

Image via Anson Teoh Yit Cherng

In the video that has since been reshared over 5,000 times on Facebook, a grey Proton Wira was seen cutting into the outer left lane where the ambulance was travelling on from a junction.

The St. John ambulance did not manage to stop in time and crashed into the car.

The driver of the ambulance briefly lost control of the vehicle before coming to a stop on top of a roadside ditch

Image via China Press

According to China Press, the accident occurred on 21 January near a three-way intersection in Sungai Petani.

The ambulance was speeding towards Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital when it crashed into the car. It was carrying two people who sustained injuries from a motorcycle accident.

Thankfully, no one sustained any injuries and the driver was able to request for another ambulance to carry the injured patients to the hospital

Image via China Press

The police confirmed that the Proton Wira driver had broken traffic laws and is currently under investigation for reckless driving.

Watch the dashcam footage below:

Posted by Anson Teoh Yit Cherng on Friday, January 20, 2017

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