An
accident involving a truck and a bakkie left a man in his 30’s dead on the N1
near in the Old Oak Bridge Cape Town
It is
believed that the truck lost control and overturned and collided with a
bakkie.
ER24
Spokesperson Russel Meiring said when they arrived on scene, they found a large
truck lying on its side. A wrecked bakkie sat in the middle of the road.
Meiring
added that on assessment of the scene, paramedics discovered that a male
patient lay trapped inside of the bakkie. Unfortunately the man had already
succumbed to his injuries.
“The
driver of the truck fortunately escaped any serious injuries. Provincial
fire services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the lifeless body
from the bakkie.” Meiring said.
Meanwhile in another accident on the N3 near
Hammersdale left one person dead and five people injured.
This is after the vehicle they were traveling in
overturned. When paramedics arrived on
the scene they found the vehicle on the side of the road and one person had
been ejected from the vehicle.
Netcare 911 Spokesperson Santi Steinmann upon their
arrival on scene they found that a motor vehicle had overturned resulting in
one man tragically losing his life.
Five other occupants sustained various injuries and
they were transported to various hospital after receiving treatment on scene.
Exact detail to the cause of the rollover and preceding
events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
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