Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an accident in Burgersfort, Limpopo this morning after 09h00.
Upon their arrival on scene they found that a motor vehicle and light delivery vehicle collided resulting in one man losing his life and a man and woman sustaining serious injuries.
The man and woman were treated on scene before they were transported to a nearby medical facility for further medical care.
Exact details to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
N2 Durban accident leaves one seriously injured
Netcare 911 paramedics, its rescue unit and other services responded to an accident on the N2 freeway in Durban this afternoon.
Upon their arrival on scene they found that two vehicles collided resulting in one person sustaining serious injuries. The injured person was also entrapped in the vehicle and Netcare 911’s rescue unit used the Jaws of Life had to free the injured person.
Once freed, the injured patient was treated and stabilised on scene before being transported to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
Newlands pedestrian accident leaves woman dead
Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a pedestrian accident on Main Reef Road in Newlands this afternoon after 16h00.
Upon their arrival on scene they found that a thirty-five-year-old woman was tragically killed after she was struck by a vehicle.
She was declared dead on scene, as there was nothing further paramedics could do for her.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
Rescue Care paramedics attended to two separate bike collision yesterday afternoon in and around Durban.
Just before 3pm Rescue Care were called to the corner of Stella Road and Bowker Road in Malvern where a vehicle and a bike had collided. The biker was found lying in the roadway in severe pain. Paramedics began stabilizing the injured man using pain medication to assist. Once the patient was stabilized on the scene the biker as well as a passenger from the other vehicle were both transported by Rescue Care to St Augustine’s Hospital for the further care that they required.
Shortly after 6pm yet again Rescue Care were called to a bike accident on Botanic Gardens Road outside the police station. Paramedics found to arrive the injured biker laying in the roadway. Paramedics worked quickly to stabilize him on the scene before placing the injured man on specialized spinal equipment. Once the patient was stabilized he was transported by Rescue Care to St Augustine’s Hospital for further care.
The necessary authorities were on both of the above scenes and will be investigating the events which led up to the collisions.
Garrith Jamieson
Operations Director
Durban accident leaves one dead and two injured
One person died while two others were injured in an accident at the spaghetti Junction this evening. Reports indicate that the driver lost control while rounding the bend from the N3 towards the N2 south, the vehicle overturned and collided with the barriers.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found that one person was ejected from the vehicle and landed some fifteen peters below on the N2 south bound fast lane, tragically he died due to the extensive injuries that he sustained. One person was found to be in a critical condition while another sustained serious injuries.
After the injured were stabelised on scene, medics transported them to various hospitals for the care that they required.
A female is in a critical condition after two vehicles collided along Sugar farm Trail, Sunningdale, Durban North this afternoon at 12h52. Exact detail to the cause of the accident is still speculative, however the impact was so high that the accident debris and wreckages was spread over a hundred meters down the roadway.
Netcare 911 paramedics and their rescue unit arrived at the scene and found the critically injured female trapped in the twisted frame of her car. The other vehicle was found further down the road wedged against a tree at the side of the road, the occupants miraculously escaped uninjured.
While the Netcare 911 rescue officer and firemen used the Jaws of Life to free the female, medics clambered into the vehicle to stabilize her. After two hours the patient was removed from the vehicle and then transported under the care of an advanced life support paramedic to a Netcare hospital in Umhlanga for the specialized care that she required.
Pretoria accident leaves woman dead
Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a pedestrian accident on the R104 and Hans Strijdom this morning.
Upon their arrival on scene, they found that a female in her forties was knocked over by a minibus and sadly passed away to the injuries she sustained.
There was unfortunately nothing paramedics could do for her and she was declared dead on the scene.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
