Two young men had sustained serious injuries this morning 25 February after colliding with a tree on Du Toit Street in Horison, Roodepoort.
The accident occurred at the corner of Du Toit and Fiona Streets at around 09.35am.
An electrician who was working near the accident scene was second to arrive at the scene. He told the Record that he believed the accident occurred due to speeding.
“I had heard someone driving very fast on Fiona Street where it curves.
“I later heard brakes screeching and the eventual crash – I just knew that it must have been that speeding vehicle,” Buks Barnard, a Witpoortjie resident, explained his experience to the Record.
He believed that their speeding could have caused them to lose control of the vehicle, resulting in their hitting the pavement forcefully.
“The impact must have flung their vehicle against the tree,” he stated.
Although he reported that both ER24 and Netcare 911 emergency services were on scene as well as Help 24, Joburg EMS and the JMPD, Netcare 911 transported the patients.
“The two young males had sustained serious injuries,” Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann told the Record.
It remains unclear to which hospital/s they were transported.
