Two dead in head-on crash
ER24: Wreckage from both vehicles were spread across the entire road.
Two men have been killed and two others injured on Tuesday morning after a head-on collision between a bakkie and light motor vehicle on the N12 near Potchefstroom.
ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived on scene and found both light motor vehicles in the middle of the road. Wreckage from both vehicles were spread across the entire road.
“On assessment, paramedics found one man lying trapped inside his bakkie while three others lay inside the light motor vehicle.
Two occupants from the light motor vehicle, both male, were assessed and found to have already succumbed to their fatal injuries. Nothing more could be done for the patients and they were declared dead.
“The driver of the bakkie as well as a third occupant from the light motor vehicle were assessed and found to have sustained critical injuries. Paramedics set out treating the patients and provided them with advanced life support interventions.
“Once treated, one patient was airlifted by the ER24 medical helicopter to Mediclinic Sandton while the remaining patient was transported by another service,” said Russel Meiring, ER24 spokesperson.
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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