Jet Airways employee hit by ambulance at IGI

New Delhi: An employee of Jet Airways at New Delhi's International Airport died after being hit by a speeding ambulance on Sunday.
Thirty-one-year old Sanjeev Kumar became a victim of reckless driving on the IGI tarmac. Sanjeev, a member of the ground handling staff of Jet Airways, was talking to his senior officials when a speeding ambulance hit him.
“He was standing when the ambulance hit him,” says brother, Pawan. The ambulance driver has been arrested for negligent driving. Sanjeev's family members say the GMR is to blame. “There is no one to check the speed of such vehicles,” says Pawan.
However, this is not the first time that such an incident has occurred on the runway. Over the last two-years vehicular traffic on the runway has become almost unmanageable.
On March 27, a 30-year-old labourer from Jharkhand was crushed to death by a road roller near the taxiway of the newly built runway. Last October, 27-year-old Sanskriti Sinha, an employee with Air Deccan, was found dead between the airport's taxiway and the ramp after allegedly being hit by a vehicle.
About 49 accidents involving aircraft and ground handling vehicles were reported at the airport last year.
26/05/08 Parikshit Luthra/CNN-IBN

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