Bakkie Wedged in Tree - One Killed

One person is deceased and two other’s are in a serious condition after the motor vehicle plunged off the freeway and got wedge into a tree. The incident took placed in the early hours of this morning. ER24 Advanced Life Support Paramedic Brian Hamilton was the first person on the scene, found one patient lying on the floor and another two patients still entrapped inside the bakkie that was in the tree.

The patient on the floor who was ejected from the bakkie was a in a serious condition and was transported to hospital with multiple injuries. It took paramedics and fire department over three hours to extricate the patients from the bakkie using the Jaws of Life and other mechanical equipment. The passenger was treated for serious injuries and transported to hospital. The driver, who had to be intubated while still entrapped, died later on the scene due to the severity of his injuries.

It is believed the driver was travelling on the M7 towards Durban when he may have lost control in the wet weather and went off the road. All three patients were in there early twenty’s.

SAPS and Fire Department were in attendance