SUNDAY night was a continuation of a busy weekend as paramedics from the KZN Department of Health’s Emergency Medical Services attended to several fatal crashes.
One person sustained fatal injuries in a collision between a minibus taxi and a bakkie on the N2 at Ngabeni, near Izingolweni, in southern KZN around 10pm.
Paramedics treated three passengers at the scene. The Jaws of Life had to be used to free one person who was entrapped in one of the wrecked vehicles.
The injured, two who were critical, and the third who was seriously injured, were stabilised at the scene before being transported to hospital.
In a separate incident, three people lost their lives when a bakkie overturned on the R102 in the Stanger area at about 4,30am on Monday morning. Paramedics also treated 13 people at the
scene for injuries, which ranged from serious to minor. The exact circumstances leading up
to the crashes are not known at this stage and the police are investigating.
EMS would like to remind motorists to please be extremely cautious on the roads. Our plea is that motorists do not speed, do not consume alcohol before or while driving a motor vehicle
and to please wear their seatbelts.
