KZN driver rescued after crashing into lagoon
The scene of the crash was closed to traffic, as emergency services removed the vehicle out the water.
Driver injured after driving off bridge into river, M4 Tongaat River mouth North of Durban. Photo: Twitter: @Netcare911_sa
Paramedics were called onto the scene to attend to a car crash on the M4 near Tongaat River, north of Durban on Friday morning.
Jacaranda FM reported the driver lost control of the vehicle and Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said: “Resulting in the vehicle leaving the road, crashing through the safety barrier, coming to rest upside down in the lagoon.
“The patient, an adult female, had sustained moderate injuries and was treated on the scene.”
The scene of the crash was closed to traffic as emergency services removed the vehicle out the water.
KZN Traffic Alert: If you are an essential service please note the M4 between La Mercy and Ballito has been closed to traffic due to an earlier crash.
Images courtesy: Big Show Towing. pic.twitter.com/gZKiKCwb6p— NETCARE 911 (@Netcare911_sa) May 15, 2020
KZN: Driver injured after driving off bridge into river, M4 Tongaat River mouth North of Durban. @FatalMoves @_ArriveAlive @EWNTraffic @ecrtraffic @TheMercurySA @TimesLIVE @DailyNewsSA @SABCNews @nccourier @weekly_gazette @News24 @tongaatnverulam @SowetanLIVE @EyethuNewsKZN pic.twitter.com/jIvCt9gLjC
— NETCARE 911 (@Netcare911_sa) May 15, 2020
(Compiled by Sandisiwe Mbhele)
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