An accident on the N1 near
Verkeerdevlei toll plaza this afternoon has left four people injured.
Netcare 911 Spokesperson Chris Botha
said paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the vehicle veered off the
road its twisted remains coming to rest in the veldt, a seven-year-old-boy was
ejected from the vehicle and was found next to the wreckage. After triaging the
injured it was found that the four occupants of the vehicle had sustained
serious injuries.
Botha said after paramedics
stabilised the injured on scene they transported them to a local hospital for
the care that they required.
Exact detail to the cause of the
accident and preceding events is still not known at this stage.
Meanwhile a man sustained critical
injuries after he was struck by a bus near the art- scape theatre in Cape
Town
Botha said paramedics arrived at the
scene and found a man in his forties lying on the road with severe injuries to
the lower limbs. After paramedics stabilised the injured man they skillfully
immobilized him on a trauma board before he was transported to a nearby
hospital for the critical care that he required.
The police are investigating the
cause of the accident.
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