One killed, one injured in head-on collision

Oscar Thomas
10 February 2015

An accident this morning in Harrtenbos in Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape left one person dead and another injured. 

The exact details to the cause of the accident will remain the subject of a police investigation.

ER24 Spokesperson Russel Meiring said ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene on found both vehicles in the emergency lane of the road. Both vehicles had sustained major damage in the collision.

Meiring said on assessment, paramedics discovered the lifeless body of an elderly male patient lying in the front of his vehicle.

 Meiring said unfortunately the man had already succumb to his severe injuries.

Meiring said the driver of the second vehicle was found sitting on the nearby pavement.

Meiring said the patient was treated and immobilised before he was transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

“The cause of the collision is not yet known but local authorities were on scene for further investigations” Meiring added.