Lahan (Siraha), June 3: Five persons were injured when a west-bound ambulance skidded off the road and overturned at Lahan in the district today morning.

The injured-Bharatraj Tamang, 43, Subash Tamang, 19, Shova Tamang, 18, Ram Bahadur Shrestha, 15, all of Rautaha-9 in Udayapur and Umesh Lama, 19, of Chilaune in Udayapur–were rushed to Lahan-based Saptarishi Hospital, police said.

Police said that the ambulance (Sa 2 Cha 496) belonging to Rautaha Social Service Committee, Udayapur is under the control of police at the Area Police Office in Lahan and that they are searching for the absconding driver. RSS