City deep crash leaves one dead and four injured
Netcare 911 paramedics, the fire department and the Netcare rescue officer arrived at the scene and found the roadway littered with accident debris and the twisted frames of the vehicles, some of the injured was still trapped in the twisted frame of the bakkie.
NETCARE 911 paramedics received a call at about 06:00 this morning (24 June) for a side impact collision along Heidelberg Street in City Deep Gauteng.
Reports from the scene indicate that a taxi collided into the side of a 1400 bakkie. Exact detail to the cause of the crash however will form part of the South African Police investigation.
Netcare 911 paramedics, the fire department and the Netcare rescue officer arrived at the scene and found the roadway littered with accident debris and the twisted frames of the vehicles. A number of the injured was still trapped in the twisted frame of the bakkie.
According to Netcare media liaison, Chris Botha, it was found that the passenger of the bakkie had tragically died on impact. The driver of the bakkie had sustained critical injuries while a passenger who was on the back of the bakkie sustained serious injuries, and two taxi commuters were found to have sustained moderate injuries.
The firefighters and the Netcare 911 rescue officer used the Jaws of Life to extricate the injured while medics worked fervently to stabilise them before they transported the injured to nearby hospitals for the specialised care that they required.
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