Kochi: An ambulance carrying a breathless child to the medical college in Kalamassery was delayed by a car for 15 precious minutes. The Motor Vehicles department officers said they had identified the driver of the car. He faces a hefty fine and cancellation of the driving license.

The ambulance was carrying a newborn child from Perumbavoor when the white car bearing registration number KL 17 L 202 overtook it near the Rajagiri Hospital at Aluva. The car driver refused to give way to the ambulance even though the emergency signals were on, ambulance driver Madhu said.

The car driver had ample chances to let the ambulance proceed but he did not, Madhu said in his complaint with the authorities. A video clip shows the car blocking the way of the ambulance.

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