Six Critical in Highway Smash
Six people are in a critical condition and one died at the hospital this morning when two vehicles collided on the M1 highway north just before the Houghton drive exit.
An ER24 response car was on its way to another incident when the paramedics came across this
horror accident. It appears that a white bakkie and a black Mini Cooper collided with each other whilst travelling north on the highway.
For an unknown reason the two vehicles collided with each other. The bakkie, carrying four occupants at the time, overturned several times ejecting two of its occupants before landing on its roof in the middle of the highway.
The Mini collided with the armco-barrier in the middle of the highway before colliding with a lamppost and landed into oncoming traffic in the middle of the highway. Three of the occupants of the Mini were entrapped after the accident.
A lady from the overturned bakkie was thrown out of the vehicle and smashed into the armco-barrier. The barrier and its poles ripped her from the waist down. She sustained a traumatic amputation of the full leg and partial waist. Paramedics tried everything for her on scene and she battled for her life. ER24 rushed her to the Johannesburg General Hospital. Sadly she died shortly after arrival at the hospital.
Two occupants were trapped underneath the bakkie and only their legs were visible. Fire Fighters had to use heavy duty rescue equipment and hydraulic support to lift the bakkie and cut it open. The two critically injured occupants were rescued about 45 minutes later and also rushed off to a nearby hospital. The fourth occupant that was flung from the bakkie was found a couple of metres from the vehicle. She sustained serious injuries.
Three people was entrapped in the Mini Cooper. All of them sustained multiple fractures. The Fire Department had to use the jaws-of-life to rescue them from their vehicle. They were all stabilized and treated on the scene, but were in a serious condition on departure to hospital.
The exact cause for this incident is not known and the Johannesburg's Metro Police Department will be investigating.
ER24, JMPD, JHB Fire, NetCare and SAPS joined forces to rescue the victims of the crash.
The highway was initially closed in both directions, but only the fast lanes in both directions were opened later. The highway remained backed up whilst Metro Police are investigating.
An ER24 response car was on its way to another incident when the paramedics came across this
horror accident. It appears that a white bakkie and a black Mini Cooper collided with each other whilst travelling north on the highway.For an unknown reason the two vehicles collided with each other. The bakkie, carrying four occupants at the time, overturned several times ejecting two of its occupants before landing on its roof in the middle of the highway.
The Mini collided with the armco-barrier in the middle of the highway before colliding with a lamppost and landed into oncoming traffic in the middle of the highway. Three of the occupants of the Mini were entrapped after the accident.
A lady from the overturned bakkie was thrown out of the vehicle and smashed into the armco-barrier. The barrier and its poles ripped her from the waist down. She sustained a traumatic amputation of the full leg and partial waist. Paramedics tried everything for her on scene and she battled for her life. ER24 rushed her to the Johannesburg General Hospital. Sadly she died shortly after arrival at the hospital.
Two occupants were trapped underneath the bakkie and only their legs were visible. Fire Fighters had to use heavy duty rescue equipment and hydraulic support to lift the bakkie and cut it open. The two critically injured occupants were rescued about 45 minutes later and also rushed off to a nearby hospital. The fourth occupant that was flung from the bakkie was found a couple of metres from the vehicle. She sustained serious injuries.
Three people was entrapped in the Mini Cooper. All of them sustained multiple fractures. The Fire Department had to use the jaws-of-life to rescue them from their vehicle. They were all stabilized and treated on the scene, but were in a serious condition on departure to hospital.
The exact cause for this incident is not known and the Johannesburg's Metro Police Department will be investigating.
ER24, JMPD, JHB Fire, NetCare and SAPS joined forces to rescue the victims of the crash.
The highway was initially closed in both directions, but only the fast lanes in both directions were opened later. The highway remained backed up whilst Metro Police are investigating.
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