Two people sustained injuries, leaving one of them in a critical condition, during a head-on collision on Christiaan de Wet Road during the afternoon of Sunday, 17 June.
ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived on the scene to find the two light motor vehicles on the side of the road. Both vehicles had sustained serious damage.
“Upon closer inspection, paramedics discovered a woman, believed to be in her 20s, lying in the rear of one of the vehicles, and a man in the front seat.
On assessment, the paramedics realised that the woman had sustained numerous injuries and was in a critical condition. The man had sustained only moderate injuries,” said Russell Meiring, ER24 spokesperson.
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The patients were treated on scene and the critically injured woman was provided with advanced life support interventions.
Once treated, the woman was airlifted by helicopter to a nearby private hospital, while the man was transported to hospital by ambulance.
The cause of the incident is not known, but local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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