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Multiple-vehicle collision leaves four dead, at least 20 others injured

Multiple-vehicle collision leaves four dead, at least 20 others injured

PHOTO: ER24

Four people died and at least 20 others injured this morning following a multiple-vehicle collision on the N1 Highway between the Grasmere toll plaza and the N12.

ER24 personnel, along with several other services, arrived on the scene at 07:33 this morning 19 May to find numerous vehicles, including light motor vehicle, trucks and a bus, scattered along the road, says ER24 spokesperson, Russel Meiring. 

Meiring said numerous patients were found either lying between the vehicles or walking around on the scene.

Local authorities closed off the highway while emergency personnel began to assess the patients.

Assessments showed that four people had sustained fatal injuries while at least 20 others had sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical.

The patients were treated for their injuries, and the critically injured provided with advanced life support interventions, before they were transported by various services to nearby hospitals.

It is believed that smoke from a nearby grass-fire played a contributing factor in the cause of the collision.

Local authorities will be investigating further.

PHOTO: ER24

PHOTO: ER24

PHOTO: ER24

Liezl Scheepers

Liezl Scheepers is editor of the Parys Gazette, a local community newspaper distributed in the towns of Parys, Vredefort and Viljoenskroon. As an experienced community journalist in all fields for the past 30 years, she has a passion for her community, and has been actively involved in several community outreach projects as part of Parys Gazette's team.

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