All Jignesh Parmar needed was timely medical help. And, it wasn't too far away either. But the city's traffic didn't let that happen. The 27-year-old died in an ambulance waiting for treatment because the vehicle struggled for more than 20 minutes to cross barely 500 metres. Parmar, a car dealer, lived with his parents at Maharashtra Housing Board Colony near Gate No. 8 in Malvani, Malad West. He complained of severe chest pain on Tuesday and his brother-in-law took him to a nearby hospital around 10 am.

The densely populated Malvani is a traffic nightmare because of encroachment and unauthorised parking. Pics/Anurag Ahire