A 60-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a 108 ambulance at Nekkalam Gollagudem village of Agiripalli mandal on Wednesday morning.
Even the paramedics in the vehicle could not save the life of man. There was no patient in vehicle and it was returning after dropping one.
According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Nallamothu Basavaiah, a resident of Nekkalam Gollagudem.
Basavaiah, an agriculture worker, was heading to the fields on a bicycle. He crossed the main road and was walking on the roadside when the ambulance knocked him down. He died on the spot.
The ambulance driver has been taken into custody and a case of causing death due to negligence registered against him.
