Just after 8:30am this morning Rescue Care Paramedics were called to the M7 Durban Bound just after Bellville Bridge for a serious collision.
On arrival paramedics found that a truck had collided into the rear of another truck. Both the driver and passenger of the rear truck were found entrapped in the wreckage. Advanced Life Support intervention was needed to stabilize the two seriously injured. Once stabilized the fire department used the jaws of life to free the two men. The two were then placed on specialized spinal equipment to prevent any further injury. The patients were then transported to St Augustine’s Hospital for further care.
Whilst on the accident scene a secondary collision occurred on the M7 Durban bound before Bellville bridge involving two trucks and two cars. Paramedics responded and found that three people had sustained various injuries and the highway had been totally closed by the damaged vehicles. All the injured were stabilized on the scene before being transported to a nearby hospital for further care.
Traffic was severely affected on the M7 due to these two collisions.
SAPS were on the scene at both incidents and will be investigating the cause of the collisions.