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An emergency met with another emergency. Talk about bad luck, this pregnant lady met with double trouble when she was being rushed to the hospital yesterday (Feb 26).

According to The Borneo Post, the ambulance was in the middle of transporting the 40-year-old pregnant woman to the Sarawak General Hospital from Kota Samarahan. Amidst the high-speed ride, the ambulance was hit by a sport utility vehicle (SUV) at a traffic light intersection.

The incident happened at about 9.30am when the ambulance was struck by a grey SUV at the junction Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce.

“Upon reaching the junction of the traffic light, an SUV coming from the direction of Jalan Green was be unable to stop in time and crashed into the side of the ambulance, causing it to overturn,” said a witness.

A video has been circulating on social media showed how the SUV crashed into the side of the ambulance as it tried to manoeuvre past the traffic light. The lane of the SUV was coming from was at green light. Other cars managed to stop in time but not just the SUV.

There was also another video showing passersby helping to get the nurses out of the ambulance after the collision. One of the nurses was seen bleeding on the face in the video.

The ambulance driver and one of the nurses escaped unhurt while another nurse suffered light injuries from the accident. It was learned that the driver behind the four-wheeled drive was a 74-year-old man; he was unhurt too.

However, the 40-year-old pregnant woman suffered head injuries and was later rushed to the Sarawak General Hospital’s emergency unit for treatment.

At the time of writing, the two videos were viewed over 600,000 times on Facebook. Sympathetic netizens had flooded the comment section since.

“Gosh..! It’s not safe for such an old man to drive on his own unless if he is still physically fit (and) his vision and hearing are still in excellent condition, more to say it’s not safe for other road users too when he’s driving,” one netizen wrote.

You can watch the full videos on the next page.