SECUNDA – A man, believed to be in his 60s, was critically injured earlier today when his light motor vehicle rear-ended a cement truck on the R546.
Langamed Ambulance Services and ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found both the light motor vehicle and truck in the veld. Parts of the veld were on fire, spreading thick smoke across the scene.
Paramedics found the driver trapped inside his vehicle.
Rescue services had to use specialized rescue equipment to free the man from his smoldering vehicle.
Once the man had been freed, paramedics found that he had sustained several wounds and fractures and was in a critical condition. Treatment and advanced life support was immediately initiated in an effort to stabilize the patient’s vital signs.
The patient was thereafter transported, under advanced life support supervision, to Mediclinic Highveld for urgent treatment.
The driver of the truck also sustained injuries and was transported to Mediclinic Highveld by Langamed.
It is understood that the heavy smoke from the nearby veld fire was a contributing factor to the cause of the collision.
Local authorities will be investigating further.
Two injured as vehicles collide with truck
A man, believed to be in his 60s, was critically injured earlier today when his light motor vehicle rear-ended a cement truck on the R546.
