Head-on crash on N14 leaves six injured including kids
'Four adults and two children, an eight-year-old boy and a 14-year-old, were found lying around the bakkie and car' — ER24.
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A head-on collision between a bakkie and light motor vehicle on the N14 between Randfontein and Carletonville on Wednesday afternoon, October 6 left six people injured, including two children.
ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said their paramedics and other services arrived on scene at about 17:37 to find a bakkie in the left-hand lane while a light motor vehicle was on the side of the road.
“Four adults and two children, an eight-year-old boy and a 14-year-old, were found lying around the bakkie and car,” confirmed Meiring.
Paramedics assessed the patients on scene. They found that the two children and two adults had sustained numerous injuries and were in a critical condition, while the remaining two adults had sustained minor to moderate injuries.”
He said the paramedics treated the patients, and the critically injured patients were provided with advanced life support interventions. Once treated the two adults with critical injuries were airlifted by private medical helicopters to nearby hospitals while the remaining patients were transported by ambulances.
Local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.