India, Sept. 6 -- Three persons were killed and two injured when an ambulance rolled down a gorge near the Manguwal barrier on the road to Chintpurni in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab on Saturday, police said.

The ambulance was carrying a heart patient from Tanda in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh to Ludhiana when the accident occurred. The patient and his two sons-in-law died in the mishap, while the ambulance driver and a relative of the deceased survived with serious injuries.

They were taken to Hoshiarpur's civil hospital from where they were shifted to another private health facility.

Police said the driver lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a sharp bend.

Local residents helped the police extricate the bodies and th...