Posts Tagged ‘Accident’

Multi vehicle collision on the N1

Three light motor vehicles and a motorbike collided with one another on the N1 near Sable road in Cape Town this evening. It appears that all four vehicles were travelling in the direction of Paarl when they collided. It is as yet not clear as to who caused the collision or as to what initially [...]

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One man killed and five others injured in Roodepoort collision

A man was killed and five others injured after a minibus and a Venture collided with one another at the corners of Christiaan De Wet road and Hendrick Potgieter in Roodepoort this moment shortly after 6am. The minibus allegedly crashed into the side of the Venture, and three people were ejected out of the vehicle. [...]

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Why do paramedics insist on using the word “accident”…

It is a constant debate between various parties, that the word “accident” has no place in our reports or statements, and terms such as “collision” or “crash” should be standard. We at ER24 beg to differ… working in the Emergency Services we are medics – not lawyers, not investigators and not law enforcement officials. Our aim [...]

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Driver loses consciousness resulting in collision

According to witnesses, the driver of the vehicle may have lost consciousness, which led to a three vehicle accident on Marine drive at Milner road in Paarden Island this morning. The vehicle collided with two other vehicles, and then collided into the side of a building.    Paramedics and rescuers arrived on the scene and [...]

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Motorbiker Airlifted after Collision with Car

FEATHERBROOKE [ROODEPOORT] 12 January 2012 22:00 A man believed to be in his late 30’s was left in a critical condition when his motorbike collided with an oncoming vehicle on Hendrik Potgieter Road near Featherbrook Estate. Paramedics that arrived on the scene found debris scattered over the road’s surface for almost 50 meters. On further [...]

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A Community Leads

A Community Leads Yesterday (11 January 2012) an eleven year old girl sadly lost both her parents when they were involved in a serious accident in Lephalale, Limpopo. On scene paramedics found the eleven year old in the wreckage with her parents. Sadly there was nothing that paramedics could do for her parents and they [...]

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Four Killed in Pietermaritzburg Collisions

PIETERMARITZBURG 12 January 2013 at 07:30 Four people were killed in two separate collisions in Pietermaritzburg this morning. The two incidents that happened roughly at the same time on the R103 Mooiriver and N3 Hammersdale also left several people with serious injuries. A taxi and a truck collided head on with each other on the [...]

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Man Dies in Horror Durban Collision

DURBAN (Pinetown) 11 January 2013 16:30 A horrific accident on the M7 near Pinetown claimed the life of a young man (27)and left another with serious injuries. Paramedics that arrived on the scene found it strange when they were told by bystanders that one of the vehicles lying in the road was thrown into the [...]

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One dead and two injured in three accidents

A man has been killed and two other people have been injured in three separate motor vehicle accidents. At around 5 am this morning, a man in his 30′s sustained injuries after he was ejected from the bakkie that he was driving on the N3. It appeared that for some reason the driver had lost [...]

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Three accidents in the early hours of this morning

Between 1 am and 6 am this Sunday morning, three separate accidents in Cape Town has left a motorcyclist with serious injuries, another man with moderate injuries and and a third victim with unknown injuries after he had left the scene of the accident despite the vehicle he was travelling in being ripped apart in [...]

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