Four killed in Lucknow accident

Four people were killed and one was critically injured in an accident involving an ambulance and a mini-truck on the outskirts of the state capital Saturday, police said.

The ambulance was ferrying a patient from hospital to her home. The ambulance turned turtle in the impact and caught fire, killing the patient's sister, husband and the driver on the spot. A family's relative was critically injured.

The CNG kit in the ambulance caught fire after the mini-truck rammed into it, police said.