Several people were injured after five vehicles in Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collided with an ambulance on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Police said the five vehicles involved in the accident were at the rear of the convoy. The collision occurred in Haliyapur, about 100km from the state capital, Lucknow. Gandhi escaped unhurt.
The injured included Congress workers and security personnel, reports NDTV.
CCTV footage from the accident site showed the ambulance travelling in the right-hand fast lane, while several vehicles were clustered in the other lanes.
The footage also showed a Scorpio SUV with its bonnet crushed in the impact, apparently coming to a stop in front of the ambulance after the collision.
Gandhi had landed at Lucknow airport earlier in the day before his convoy set off for Sultanpur, about 135km away. The accident occurred when the convoy was around 35km from its destination.
In Sultanpur, Gandhi was scheduled to appear before a special MP-MLA court in connection with a defamation case over his alleged objectionable remarks about Amit Shah, who was the BJP chief at the time.
The court was expected to deliver its verdict on Monday, requiring the Congress MP to be physically present for the pronouncement of the judgment.
The case dates back to 4 August 2018, when BJP leader Vijay Mishra, a former chairman of the Sultanpur District Cooperative Bank, filed a complaint against Gandhi over his alleged remarks about Shah.
Gandhi allegedly made the remarks at a campaign rally in Bengaluru ahead of the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections.
