A woman died in a hit and run accident near Potchestroom

Loyiso Langeni
28 September 2013

A woman in her 30’s died when she was knocked down by an unknown vehicle. She is believed to have been walking with a group of friends along the R54, approximately 3 kilometres outside of Potchefstroom from Vereeniging side.

 ER24 Spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said when paramedics arrived on scene they found the woman badly injured, every attempt was made by advanced life support paramedics to revive the woman, sadly her condition did not change and she died on the scene a short while later.

“The woman's friends were not injured as a result of the incident.

Local authorities will be conducting all necessary investigations into the details surrounding the cause of this fatal collision” Jackson added.