Three people sustained serious injuries and four others sustained moderate injuries when the bakkie they travelled in overturned several times on the R501 approximately ten kilometres outside of Carletonville.
At approximately 4.30am, paramedics from ER24 arrived on the scene where they found the bakkie standing on the side of the road. All of its occupants were ejected from the vehicle. Three people, including a sixteen-year-old girl, sustained serious injuries. An emergency helicopter was called to the scene to airlift one of the seriously injured occupants to hospital. Sadly, the patient succumbed to his injuries on route to hospital. The other two seriously injured patients were transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital.
Four moderately injured patients were transported by ambulance to Carletonville Hospital for further care.
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident is not yet known.
Werner Vermaak, ER24
