<p>A kidney patient returning home in West Bengal from a hospital in Odisha was killed and six others were injured when the ambulance carrying them rammed into a moving truck on Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p>The accident occurred at a place on National Highway 60 under Jaleswarpur police station in Odisha’s Balasore district early in the morning.</p>.<p>A total of seven people including the driver and the patient's relatives were in the ambulance, police said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/over-12-school-students-of-bihar-injured-as-bus-overturns-in-jharkhand-1175042.html" target="_blank">Over 12 school students of Bihar injured as bus overturns in Jharkhand</a></strong></p>.<p>Following the accident, all of them were taken to Jaleswar hospital where the patient, 55-year-old Irshad Khan, was declared dead on arrival.</p>.<p>Khan, a resident of Keshpur village in Paschim Medinipur district of neighbouring West Bengal, was returning home after undergoing dialysis in AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.</p>.<p>Of the six injured people, the condition of five was serious and they were shifted to Balasore district headquarter hospital.</p>.<p>The driver of the ambulance was among the seriously injured people who also included relatives of the patient.</p>.<p>Police said they are investigating the cause of the accident.</p>
<p>A kidney patient returning home in West Bengal from a hospital in Odisha was killed and six others were injured when the ambulance carrying them rammed into a moving truck on Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p>The accident occurred at a place on National Highway 60 under Jaleswarpur police station in Odisha’s Balasore district early in the morning.</p>.<p>A total of seven people including the driver and the patient's relatives were in the ambulance, police said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/over-12-school-students-of-bihar-injured-as-bus-overturns-in-jharkhand-1175042.html" target="_blank">Over 12 school students of Bihar injured as bus overturns in Jharkhand</a></strong></p>.<p>Following the accident, all of them were taken to Jaleswar hospital where the patient, 55-year-old Irshad Khan, was declared dead on arrival.</p>.<p>Khan, a resident of Keshpur village in Paschim Medinipur district of neighbouring West Bengal, was returning home after undergoing dialysis in AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.</p>.<p>Of the six injured people, the condition of five was serious and they were shifted to Balasore district headquarter hospital.</p>.<p>The driver of the ambulance was among the seriously injured people who also included relatives of the patient.</p>.<p>Police said they are investigating the cause of the accident.</p>