Ermelo, Mpumalanga South Africa
A 39-year-old woman was critically injured and three others, including two children, suffered moderate to light injuries when the driver lost control of the vehicle they were travelling in and it left the road and overturned.
The woman was trapped in the vehicle and had to be freed by emergency workers using the Jaws of Life.
She was later transferred to the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg where she was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe head injuries.
It is believed the occupants of the vehicle were a French family on tour in South Africa.
The accident happened on Thursday 20 October on the N2 between Ermelo and Piet Retief.
Update:
News just in:
We have been informed that the critically injured woman succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday morning. More details on this and the role played by the Highveld Visitor Centre’s “Tourists in Distress” office in assisting the family through these trying times will follow.
