[BREAKING NEWS] Two firearms missing after security vehicle rolls on N14
Thirteen passengers were being transported on the back when it rolled.
Thirteen people who were being transported on the back of an open light duty vehicle belonging to Inkwe Security Services (ISS) were left injured this morning, three of them critically, following a rollover incident on the N14 near the Beyers Naudé Drive turnoff in Muldersdrift.
ER24 paramedics, along with City of Johannesburg (CoJ) EMS and other services, arrived on the scene to find the vehicle lying in the slow lane of the highway. Several people were found lying scattered around the scene.
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Paramedics began to treat the patients while CoJ services began to close off the road and divert traffic.
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Upon assessment, paramedics found three people who had sustained critical injuries while 10 others had sustained injuries ranging from minor to serious.
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Paramedics provided the three critically injured persons with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, one of them was airlifted by the ER24 Oneplan helicopter to a nearby hospital. The remaining two critical patients were airlifted by other private medical helicopters.
The remaining patients on scene were transported by ambulances to nearby hospitals for further treatment.
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Meanwhile, police on scene were still reportedly looking for two firearms that were reported missing just after the accident. When approached for comment, ISS said, “We have nothing to say to the media”.
According to Arrive Alive, the carrying of passengers on the back of an open vehicle/ bakkie is illegal and can result in traffic fines between R2 500 and R15 000.
The National Road Traffic Regulation 250 states:
“No person shall on a public road carry any person for reward in the goods compartment of a motor vehicle.”
Regulation 247 contemplates the circumstances under which persons may be transported in the goods compartment of a vehicle there:
“No person shall operate on a public road a goods vehicle conveying persons unless that portion of the vehicle in which such persons are being conveyed is enclosed to a height of at least 350 millimetres above the surface upon which such person is seated; or at least 900 millimetres above the surface on which such person is standing, in a manner and with a material of sufficient strength to prevent such person from falling from such vehicle when it is in motion.”
The only saving grace is if the transport operator has applied and paid for a permit to do so in compliance with the National Land Transport Act 5 of 2009.
The exact details surrounding this incident are not yet known, but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.
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