Crash on R21
[Pretoria East, GP 24 July 2012 10:00]
A bakkie crashed into the back of a Rav4 on the R21 this morning causing such extensive damage to the vehicle that the occupants suffered critical injuries.
The accident took place between the Nelmapius and Olifantsfontein off ramps but the cause is still not known and will be determined upon investigation.
Two patients suffered critical injuries, both of whom were traveling in the Rav4 at the time. A 59 year old woman who was sitting in the back of the vehicle, and was trapped due to the mangled metal around her. Once she was removed paramedics placed her on advanced life support and life saving equipment, while AER24 made its way to the scene. The woman was stabilised as best as possible before being airlifted to the Charlotte Maxeke hospital for further treatment. It appeared that she had sustained a serious head injury as well as broken bones.
A nine year old girl was found lying outside of the car. Paramedics immediately had to start resuscitation efforts on her as she had suffered such extensive injuries. They managed to get a pulse back on the little girl after multiple attempts to stabilise her and she was then airlifted in a critical condition to hospital.
The man who was driving the Rav4 was found limping around the scene and paramedics placed him into the ambulance to treat him for moderate injuries before taking him to hospital.
The occupants of the bakkie appeared to have not been injured in the accident.
In a fatal accident around the same time, JHB North paramedics attended to a pedestrian accident on the slipway from Grayston to Katherine street in Sandton.
The young man was pushing a waste collection trolley along the road when he was hit by a car. Nothing more could be done to save the mans life and he died at the scene.
The occupants of the car were not injured and the local police will investigate the details surrounding the accident.
Vanessa Jackson, ER24