Rentse Khiba
18 October 2015
A woman has been killed and
nine others injured following a collision
between a bakkie and a light motor vehicle on the N12, 30 kilometres outside of
Potchefstroom.
ER24 spokesperson Russel
Meiring reported, on arrival ER24 paramedics found a light motor vehicle and
bakkie lying on the side of the road.
The bakkie lay on its side
after it rolled multiple times.
On assessment, paramedics
found the lifeless body of a woman. Unfortunately the woman had already
succumbed to her multiple fatal injuries.
Nothing more could be done for
the patient and she was declared dead on the scene, Meiring said.
Nine other patients were found
on the scene, including three children, aged two, six, and twelve years.
Paramedics treated the
patients and provided the critically injured patients with advanced life
support interventions.
Once treated, the patients
were transported to Carletonville and Potchefstroom hospital for urgent
treatment.
“The cause of the collision is
not yet known but local authorities were on scene for further investigations” Meiring
concluded.
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