Noida: 7-year-old dies in ambulance as homebuyers block e-way

NOIDA: A seven-year-old boy allegedly died in an ambulance after a group of homebuyers blocked the Noida-Greater Noida expressway on Saturday evening in Sector 128.The patient, Luv Kush, a resident of Firozabad, was on the way to AIIMS after being referred from a hospital in Agra. He had high fever.Though the police said the homebuyers had blocked the road, they said they received no information about the boy’s death. Monu, brother of ambulance driver Sonu, said the death happened at around 4pm.A group of nearly 200 homebuyers blocked the Greater Noida-Noida side of the expressway demanding possession of their flats.The ambulance carrying the patient and his family members was rushing to AIIMS in Delhi after being referred from a hospital in Agra. The ambulance was caught in a jam and took the service lane. However, the service lane later merged with the expressway and the ambulance was again caught in the jam.Monu said the ambulance could not move forward and the patient died in the vehicle. “There was a huge traffic jam. My brother could not do anything. He said the child died,” he said. A homebuyer admitted that the ambulance was stuck in the jam. “Some homebuyers and police personnel later cleared the road and the ambulance passed. We do not know whether the patient died,” he said.Satish Chandra, SHO, Expressway police station, said that a police team had reached the spot to clear the road. “We dispersed the protesters and cleared the stretch. But we did not know about the death. We received the information of the death through unconfirmed sources,” Chandra said.An FIR has been registered against 250 protesters under Section 147 and 341 of IPC.SSP Love Kumar said, “We received information from media sources about the death. We are trying to connect with the victim’s family members.”