Glenwood man narrowly escapes as car lands on his vehicle

ONE patient was left in critical condition, and six more were injured in a collision on Mazisi Kunene (Ridge) Road today, March 17.

Adding to this, a Glenwood resident who was parked on the pavement narrowly escaped serious injury after the crash sent a vehicle flying and eventually landing on his car.

“Seven people have been injured, one of them critically so,” said Garrith Jamieson, spokesperson for ALS Paramedics which responded to the scene.

“ALS Paramedics responded to multiple calls for assistance around 07:30 and dispatched multiple units to the scene. On arrival, paramedics found chaos as six occupants from one of the vehicles had sustained multiple injuries. One occupant from a second vehicle also sustained injuries. Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilize all the patients and they were transported to a nearby hospital for further care,” continued Jamieson.

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Glenwood resident, Bruce Soutar was moving his car when two motorists crashed.

“A motorist smacked into another motorist so hard that their car somersaulted and landed on top of my car. My car was still idling. If I had put a leg out of my car I would have become an amputee,” he said.

“I was parked on the pavement after moving my car out the garage so my wife could get out to go to work at about 07:00,” added Soutar.

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He escaped the incident unscathed.

“I had to go to the airport to fetch my son, so I left in my wife’s car and dropped her off at work on the way,” said Soutar, adding that his vehicle, a BMW Z4 was severely damaged.

Jamieson said the events leading up to the collision are unknown and will form part of a SAPS investigation.

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