13 Injured as minibus bus taxi lands on its roof on N1, north of Jhb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At approximately 07h40 on Saturday morning 25 April 2009, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to reports of a serious collision involving an overturned minibus taxi on the N1 direction towards Fourways between the Buccleuch Interchange and the Rivonia road exits.

Netcare 911 paramedics were first to arrive at the scene and found the minibus taxi lying on its roof. Paramedics attended to a total of 13 victims that were transported by ambulances to the Netcare Sunninghill, Charlotte Maxeke (Jhb) and Helen Joseph hospitals. Seven victims sustained serious injuries and were fully immobilised onto spinal boards while six others were lucky to escape with relatively minor injuries. Eye witnesses gave statements to police and alleged that the rear tyre had burst resulting in the incident.

This incident was attended to paramedics from the private and provincial ambulance services, fire department and the Metro Police.

Nick Dollman
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Netcare 911

Compost spill results in huge delays on N1 highway

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During late afternoon peak traffic on Friday 24 April 2009, a large truck load of compost seemed to be accidentally dumped on the William Nicol offramp from the N1 highway in Fourways, North of Johannesburg.

The spillage then became spread out over approximately 150m as the large traffic volumes drove over it until the road became so slippery that cars began to slide sideways and others simply became stuck as their tyres lost traction and literally became “stuck in the mud”.

Netcare 911 was first to arrive at the scene followed by fire fighters from the local Lonehill Fire Department. The road surface was extremely slippery and was a real safety hazard hence the offramp from the N1 southbound was closed to all traffic. The compost was approximately 30cm deep in places. At that stage the bottle neck in traffic had backed-up beyond the Rivonia road exits resulting in huge delays for motorists travelling towards Randburg/Roodepoort. Motorists were then required to drive past the Fourways offramp and then exit at the Malibongwe offramp to get to their destinations, however the added pressure on the Malibongwe exit also resulted in massive delays for motorists.

The Roads Department were informed of the spillage as a large team was required to clear the scene. This incident was attended to by Netcare 911, Lonehill Fire Department and the Metro Police

Nick Dollman

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Netcare 911