One person was killed and three injured in an accident with an ambulance and a truck in the Omsk region.

When an ambulance and a truck collided in the Lyubinsky district of the Omsk region, three people were injured and one died. This was reported on the morning of January 5 in the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

It is specified that the accident occurred on January 4. According to preliminary information, the driver driving a Mercedes truck, making a U-turn, did not provide an advantage to the ambulance, which was driving at a red traffic light with flashing lights and a special sound signal. The accident occurred at a controlled intersection in the area of 591 kilometers of the Tyumen—Omsk road.

"As a result of the accident, the ambulance patient, a 56—year-old man in a coma, died," the prosecutor's office said in a Telegram message.

The ministry noted that two paramedics and an ambulance driver were hospitalized, and also stressed that the circumstances of the accident would be established during the inspection.

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