Five killed, 7 injured in Hammarsdale horrific accident
Two children aged five and 15 were among the deceased.
FIVE people including two children have been killed in what the paramedics described as a horrific crash on the N3 North-bound near Hammarsdale on Sunday morning.
Rescue Care and Net Care 911 paramedics arrived on the scene to find chaos.
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The driver of a bakkie carrying twelve occupants somehow lost control of the vehicle.
According to Garrith Jamieson from Rescue Care Paramedics, occupants were strewn across the busy national highway.
“Immediately more ambulances and Advanced Life Support Paramedics were dispatched to assist. Unfortunately five passengers, including two children, had sustained major injuries and despite resuscitation efforts, the patients all passed away on the scene,” said Jamieson.
He said seven other occupants had sustained injuries ranging from minor to serious and were stabilised on the scene before being transported to various Durban hospitals.
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