It has been a busy night for emergency services. The paramedics from KZN Emergency Medical Services, have been kept busy with a multitude of cases ranging from patients with medical conditions to patients with traumatic injuries.
The cases responded to included multiple motor vehicle accidents, several of with sadly had people sustaining fatal injuries! The details of several of these incidents include:
In the Ugu health district, on the R612, between Umzinto and Ixopo, at around 19h00, an accident, involving a light motor vehicle, left two people fatality injured! Paramedics, treated another 10 patients on scene for injuries, which ranged from serious to minor. Once the patients, had been stabilized they were transported to GJ Crookes hospital for continued care. While the paramedics from the Umzinto base were attending to this accident, the Port Shepstone based medics were treating a patient on the N2, at Boboyi, which is near Port Shepstone, who had been knocked by a motor vehicle. The patient was seriously injured and once stabilized was transported to hospital by the paramedics from a private ambulance service.
There were also several incidents in the north of the province in the Uthungulu & Zululand health districts. At around 18hoo in the Mbilane area near Ulundi, a collision between to bakkies, on the R66, left 10 patients injured, one patient sustained life threatening injuries while the other nine patients were seriously injured. These patients were transported to Nkonjeni hospital for continued care.
In the early hours this morning, on the R34 towards Jabulani in the Empangeni area, a collision between a truck and a light motor vehicle, sadly caused two fatalities and left another patient critically injured who was treated by KZN EMS paramedics before being transported to hospital, for ongoing medical care.
While an incident just before 06hoo this morning, on the R66, near the Mbilane bridge, involving a bakkie left one patient fatality injured, and another 10 patients, with injuries ranging from critical to serious. The patients after receiving the required emergency medical care, were transported to Nkonjeni hospital.
In Dundee at the intersections of Victoria and Wilson streets, at about 19h45, a collision between a car and a motor cycle left two patients seriously injured, who were treated and transported to Dundee hospital.
While in the Durban metro area, a man was killed after being hit by a vehicle, on Dumisane Makhaye road in KwaMashu and a child was critically injured, also after being hit by a vehicle in the Newlands West area.
As EMS we do not comment on the cause of motor vehicle accidents and the Police, who are investigating all these incidents and the department of Transport will need to be contacted for comment regarding the cause of these incidents.
Robert Mckenzie
KZN EMS Media Liaison Officer
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