KANPUR, May 15 -- A 74-year-old Kanpur resident died of a cardiac arrest on Thursday after the ambulance carrying him allegedly remained stuck for 41 minutes in three successive traffic snarls on the city's main route to the cardiology institute of GSVM Medical College - a journey that should normally take only a few minutes. According to the family, Ramchandra Shukla, a resident of Saket Nagar Sabzi Mandi, collapsed at home around noon. His son-in-law, Anil Tripathi, placed him in a private ambulance at 12:29 pm and rushed towards the cardiology institute. After crossing Govindpuri bridge, the ambulance encountered its first traffic jam at Fazalganj crossing, losing nearly 10 minutes. After moving past that stretch, it got caught in another snarl at Mariampur crossing, where traffic police personnel and home guards were attempting to ease congestion. A third jam on Lajpat Nagar road near a school delayed the ambulance for nearly 20 more minutes. The ambulance reached the hospital at around 1:10 pm, where doctors declared Shukla dead on arrival. "He had the attack around noon," Tripathi said, adding, "At every crossing we thought we were through. We weren't." Shukla is survived by his wife Kamla, daughter Rachita and two sons. His elder son, Abhishek, a software engineer based in London, received the call and immediately connected with the family over video, only to find his mother inconsolable and his father already dead. According to family members, Abhishek's employer sought documentation before granting emergency leave. A death certificate issued by the cardiology unit had to be emailed before he could book a flight. He is expected to arrive in Delhi on Friday morning. His younger brother, Ritesh, an engineer in Noida, was on his way to Kanpur. On his part, DCP (traffic) Ravindra Kumar said the traffic police had not been informed about the difficulties faced by the family while transporting the patient. "We have issued a 24x7 green corridor helpline number. Once information is received on the helpline, police make all necessary arrangements," he said....