An ambulance driver, aged 51, died in the line of duty yesterday, in the city of Monte Alegre do Sul, a 7,000-inhabitant city in the State of São Paulo, after he and his partner were assaulted by an 18-year-old drunk patient. The patient escaped from the ambulance but was arrested short afterwards. The driver probably suffered a heart attack. The city cancelled the carnival festivities because of the crime.
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In another event, on March, 4th, this time in the city of Cícero Dantas, state of Bahia, an ambulance suffered a front collision with a passenger car. The ambulance driver and the patient died on the scene. A woman that was accompanying the patient died on the way to the hospital. The passengers of the other vehicle were taken to the hospital and their condition is unknown.
