Man seriously injured as truck hits two vehicles
RANDBURG – Patient is extracted with jaws of life after truck crushes his car.
An accident between a truck and two cars on Malibongwe Drive, Robindale, left a man in a serious condition on the afternoon of 3 November. Inland media liaison for Netcare Limited Chris Botha explained that the details of the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics, their rescue unit, the fire department and provincial ambulance services arrived at the scene and found the patient trapped in the crumpled remains of his car with serious injuries.
While rescuers used the Jaws of Life to free the patient, paramedics had to clamber into the wreckage to stabilise the patient. After he was extricated and deftly immobilised on a trauma board, they transported the patient to a hospital in Johannesburg for the specialised care that he required.
Details: Netcare 911: 010 209 8911.
