16 people injured in separate accident between Pretoria and Pietermaritzburg

Loyiso Langeni
30 September 2014

 

An accident on Solomon Mahlangu Drive in Faerie Flen, Pretoria left four people injured, this is after a side-impact accident.

Netcare 911 Spokesperson Santi Steinmann upon their arrival on scene, they found that four people sustained injuries ranging from moderate to serious after two vehicles were involved in a side impact collision.

Steinmann added that were treated on scene before they were transported to hospital for further medical care.

Meanwhile in another accident on Town Bush Road in Pietermaritzburg left twelve people injured,one moderately.

This is after a combi drove into the back of a truck.

ER24 Spokesperson Russel Meiring said when they arrived on scene, they found the two vehicles on the side of the road. The occupants of the taxi sat on the grass on the side of the road.

On assessment, paramedics discovered that one man had sustained moderate injuries while the remaining patients sustained only minor injuries.

Paramedics provided the moderately injured patient with advanced life support before he was transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment.

The remaining eleven patients were treated for their injuries and thereafter transported to nearby hospitals for further observations.

The exact details of the cause of the accident will remain the subject of a police investigation.