Hyderabad, Jan 11 (UNI) Three people were killed on the spot and four others injured when an ambulance was hit by a car near Kongara Kalan in Ibrahimpatnam of Ranga Reddy District on Friday.
Police said the deceased were travelling in the ambulance.
Of the four injured, three were travelling in the ambulance and another is the car driver, police added.
The accident occurred, when the car coming on the opposite side hit the ambulance after dashing against a road divider at Outer Ring Road near Kongara Kalan.
The ambulance was proceeding to Gangawathi in Ballary District of Karnataka from Veluru Hospital in Andhra Pradesh.
The injured —travelling in the ambulance were identified as –Srinivas (40), Hemachander (38), Thoshif (34) and car driver Manoj (34) were shifted to Osmania government hospital here for treatment.
The deceased were identified as Bolli Reddy Venkateswara Rao (60), his wife Subbalakshmi (55) and Ambulance driver Shiva (35).
A case has been registered and an investigation is underway, police added.