The ambulance crashed into a divider and toppled on EEH. Pic/Sameer Markande

A sleep-deprived ambulance driver seriously injured a heavily pregnant woman and five of her relatives on Sunday after his drowsiness led to the toppling of the vehicle on the Eastern Express Highway. The woman Sankila Mustak Ahamad, 45 is eight months pregnant and in a critical condition at Sion hospital. Her relatives are being treated at Rajawadi hospital. The incident occurred around 7 am yesterday near the Anand Nagar Octroi Naka in Thane East, when the ambulance was on its way to Mumbai from Malegaon.