Nontando Mafanya
18 September 2016
A man was killed this evening
after his car crashed into a barrier and bakkie on the Ascott-on-Vaal Road in
the Vanderbijlpark area.
ER24 spokesperson Russel
Meiring says ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found both vehicles in
the middle of the road.
The light motor vehicle had
sustained a large amount of damage, with debris spread some distance across the
scene.
On assessment, paramedics
found the body of a man lying partially beneath the bakkie showing no signs of
life.
The man was carefully
extricate from beneath the vehicle and assessed by paramedics.
Unfortunately, the man had already succumbed
to his multiple fatal injuries.
Nothing more could be done for
the man and he was declared dead on scene.
the occupants of the bakkie
were assessed and found to have escaped injury.
It is believed that the driver
lost control of the light motor vehicle, causing it to crash into the bridge
barriers, eject the driver, and finally crash into the bakkie.
The details surrounding this
incident are subject to the investigation of local authorities.
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