In Kerela, a 40-year old woman lost control of her car and rammed into an electric pole after receiving a corona positive message while driving As per an India Today report, the lady panicked after she got to know her result and eventually lost control of the vehicle. The women escaped with minor injuries on her face.
The incident took place at around 10 am on Monday at kadakkal in Kollam district of Kerela. The impact of the crash overturned her vehicle which shattered her car completely. The injured and covid positive woman was on the road for over an hour as she didn’t receive any help and no ambulance was ready to take her to the hospital.
A fire department rushed to the spot to clear the scene and handed a PPE kit to the woman but refused to ply her to the hospital citing lack of permission to use a fire ambulance to transport a covid-19 patient. The woman was returning from a private laboratory in Kollam’s Anchal area and fortunately had left her children, aged 11 and 8, at a relative’s house.