Oscar Thomas
07 December 2014
Four people, including a child, were killed during the early hours of this morning on the N1 south near Edenburg in the Free State when their vehicle collided head on with a truck.
07 December 2014
Four people, including a child, were killed during the early hours of this morning on the N1 south near Edenburg in the Free State when their vehicle collided head on with a truck.
ER24 Spokesperson Russel
Meiring said four people, including a child, were killed during the early hours
of this morning on the N1 south near Edenburg in the Free State when their
vehicle collided head on with a truck.
Meiring said Emergency
workers managed to free a woman, the only survivor from the light motor
vehicle, with multiple injuries.
Meiring said a boy,
believed to be four years old, was found approximately 20 meters away from the
vehicle.
Meiring said it is
believed he was flung from the vehicle during the collision.
Meiring said unfortunately
he also sustained fatal injuries and there was nothing that paramedics could do
for him.
Meiring said the
driver of the truck was found on the scene and treated for shock. He did not
sustain any physical injuries.
Meiring said the
exact cause of the incident is not yet known.
“The incident was handed over
to the local authorities for investigation Meiring added.
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