Weekend crashes claim 3 lives and leave more than 10 injured
There were two incidents, one on Friday and one on Saturday.
Three people died when a mini-bus taxi and a car were involved in a head-on collision in Mbizana in the Eastern Cape late last Friday evening. Shawn Herbst of Netcare 911 said medics, working closely with Med-Evac and other rescue personnel, assessed the scene and found that a man and a woman had died on the scene. Another man died later in hospital.
Three other patients, were found to have sustained serious injuries and required advanced life support intervention to stabilise them. They were transported to a local hospital, said Herbst.
Among them was a man, who had been freed from the wreckage using hydraulic tools. He had sustained critical injuries, was treated on scene and once stabilised was airlifted by Netcare 911 helicopter to hospital.
Paramedics met the Netcare 911 helicopter at Mtwalume beach parking area as the weather was too poor for the chopper to land closer to the accident scene. The man died a few hours later in hospital. Circumstances leading up to the incident will be investigated by the relevant authorities.
On Saturday evening, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to an accident in Mzamba in the Eastern Cape where two vehicles collided leaving eight people injured.
One of the patients was seriously injured, while the other seven sustained mild to moderate injuries.
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