17 July 2014
Three people died
believed to be in their late 20’s and ten injured in an accident late last, when
a bakkie and a taxi collided with each other, on the Asiphephe Road in
Newcastle.
ER 24
Spokesperson Werner Vermaak said When paramedics from ER24 arrived on the scene
they found that some of the people were ejected from the vehicles while two of were
trapped in one of them.
“Medical workers
had to act quickly to treat and stabilise the injured before they could be
transported to a nearby hospital. The two people that were trapped in the
vehicle had to be freed by the local fire department using the jaws-of-life.” Vermaak
added.
He also said both
the trapped patients sustained critical injuries and had to be stabilised on
the scene, before they could be transported to a nearby hospital.
The exact details
of the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a
police investigation.
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