Outrageous! Toyota Vellfire Tailgates Ambulance To Avoid Traffic Jam And Causes Accident
Pic: HMetro
We have all seen it before, as motorists politely pull over and queue up to let an emergency vehicle through, following close behind will be the odd car or two tailgating at high speed while everyone else waits.
Well, yesterday one such tailgater caused an ambulance on the way to a rescue mission to be involved in an accident due to its thoughtless actions.
The video of the outrageous actions of the tailgater was posted to Info Roadblock Jpj/polis Facebook page yesterday.
A Toyota Vellfire bearing license registration BNF 5045 had taken the opportunity to tailgate an ambulance before ramming into the rear end of the emergency vehicle belonging to the Malaysian Civil Defence (APM) which was responding to an accident on Jalan Kuching, according to the Facebook posting caption.
According to the posting, four APM crew members had to be sent to Hospital Kuala Lumpur to receive treatement after suffering injuries when the ambulance was rammed by the Toyota Vellfire.
An APM official later confirmed the incident to a local Malay news daily.
"Due to the tailgate bering too close, the driver could not engage the brake in time and rammed into the rear of the APM ambulance.
"The impact caused the APM crew inside to be thrown abruptly back, causing bodily injuries," an APM official told Harian Metro.
APM had to deploy another ambulance to retrieve their colleagues and send them to hospital, causing further delays to their original mission to respond to the emergency on Jalan Kuching.
Many motorists have condemned the selfish actions of the driver who tailgated the APM ambulance on an emergency call in order to avoid queuing traffic.
Readers vented their frustrations on the tailgater in comments shared on the Facebook posting.
Malkit Singh: Hahahahaha... Padan muka ko pemandu Vellfire... Tunggu surat saman sampai kat umah.... Hahahahahahaha [Serves him right ... he will have to wait for the summons to arrive]
Jebathikam Jawi: Gantung lesen seumur hidup ja...driver jenis mcm ni xpayah dok bagi muka...xdak adab & disiplin di jalanraya...[Suspend his licence for life...this kind of driver should not be given any chances...no discipline and manners on the road...]
Pic: Facebook
- mD
