Elderly patient dies after ambulance collides with car

AN ambulance on its way to hospital with an elderly man on board was involved in a collision, which caused injury to the patient who subsequently died.

The ambulance had responded to an emergency call and was transporting the man, in his 70s, to a Dublin city hospital when the accident occurred.

A car collided with the ambulance, side-on, injuring the patient and one of the ambulance personnel who was a passenger.