Friday, June 26, 2009

One killed and two injured in head on collision

By Sasha Forbes
26 June 2009


One person died and two people were seriously injured when a minibus and a truck collided into each other on the N2, approximately one kilometer before Sedgefield in the direction of Knysna this morning.

One person from the minibus was dead on arrival of paramedics and another man from the minibus and a man from the truck were in a serious condition.

Rescue crews had to remove the man from the truck using hydraulic rescue equipment.

The patients were taken by ambulances to Knysna Private Hospital and Knysna Provincial Hospital.

According to reports it is unclear as to which vehicle was travelling in which direction or what caused the accident but police were in attendance and will be investigating the incident.

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