Six motor vehicle collisions in less than 7 hours

Mbasa Gqokoma
30 May 2015

Western Cape ER24 paramedics responded to more than six motor vehicle collisions in less than seven hours late last night.

ER24 spokesperson Pieter Rossouw said all the collisions occurred in the Cape Town area.

Rossouw says ER24 paramedics transported three of these patients to Tygerberg Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital for further treatment.

Rossouw said that the other two patients were transported by other services.

Fortunately no injuries were sustained in the second as well as the third collision which occurred.

One person was thereafter left with moderate injuries in another collision that occurred on Ottery Road.

ER24 paramedics also treated and transported the patient to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Rossouw added that another motor vehicle collision where a light motor vehicle collided with a truck on fire at about 7am this morning.

“Luckily and unbelievably no injuries were sustained in this collision”. The causes of all the incidents still remain unknown, Rossouw added.