[KEMPTON PARK, GP – 22 JULY 2012 AT 11H30]
A collision on the R23 and R21 in Pomona, Kempton Park involving a bakkie and a light motor vehicle has left two people with critical conditions and four other people with moderate to serious injuries this morning.
Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found the bakkie lying on its side just off the road with the light motor vehicle which was a Tazz a few meters away with extensive damage to it.
There were five people in the bakkie, of which four had sustained moderate to serious injuries and one other person was in a critical condition. Advanced Life Support intervention was performed on the critical patient due to the traumatic injuries he had sustained in the collision. The driver of the Tazz was entrapped and in a critical condition. The Jaws of Life and other hydraulic equipment were used to extricate the patient from the vehicle. While the extrication was taking place, paramedics were stabilising him and had to perform Advanced Life Support techniques to stabilise him further.
The patients were all men and their age group was between their twenties and thirties. They were stabilised on scene and transported to various hospitals for further medical care.
The local authorities were on the scene and would investigate the accident further.
Derrick Banks, ER24
