1 Car, 8 Occupants, 4 Dead
Four people have been killed and another four seriously injured when their red VW Golf they were travelling in collided with the side of the M1 Highway
bridge near the Bloemfontein / Roodepoort Split.
Paramedics arrived on scene only to find people scattered across the highway. Seriously injured people were lying between the mangled occupants' bodies. One person was still stuck in the back of the Golf and was rescued from the wreck by the Fire Department.
According to an eyewitness on scene the Golf was travelling on the M1 in the Bloemfontein direction when it suddenly swerved into the side of the bridge's barrier. It appears that the driver lost control on the bend before the bridge. The car forced itself against the bridge and a lamppost ripping it open, barely balancing on the barrier. A male occupant was flung from the vehicle off the bridge and was found next to a small road somewhat 20 metres down the embankment.
Amongst the dead on the scene were three males and a female. One of the dead appears to be a young child (boy) in his teens. Two males and two females were stabilized on scene by paramedics and transported to the Baragwanath and Johannesburg Hospitals respectively. All of the patients that were transported to hospital sustained multiple head and body injuries. Paramedics had to implement advanced life support manoeuvres to stabilize the critically injured. The remaining occupants were declared dead on scene by paramedics due to massive fatal injuries.
It is unbelievable that eight people were travelling in the small Golf at the time of the accident. The exact cause for the accident is not known and will be investigated by the Metro
Police's Accident Investigation Unit. There were no other vehicles involved.
The highway was closed during the investigation and during the removal of the bodies by the Gauteng Forensic Services.
It is fortunate that the vehicle did not crash over the bridge's barrier as the number of fatalities could have been much higher. The relationship between all the occupants in the vehicle could not be established on scene. The next of kin have not yet been notified of the incident. It is not known where the occupants were travelling to or from before the accident.
bridge near the Bloemfontein / Roodepoort Split.Paramedics arrived on scene only to find people scattered across the highway. Seriously injured people were lying between the mangled occupants' bodies. One person was still stuck in the back of the Golf and was rescued from the wreck by the Fire Department.
According to an eyewitness on scene the Golf was travelling on the M1 in the Bloemfontein direction when it suddenly swerved into the side of the bridge's barrier. It appears that the driver lost control on the bend before the bridge. The car forced itself against the bridge and a lamppost ripping it open, barely balancing on the barrier. A male occupant was flung from the vehicle off the bridge and was found next to a small road somewhat 20 metres down the embankment.
Amongst the dead on the scene were three males and a female. One of the dead appears to be a young child (boy) in his teens. Two males and two females were stabilized on scene by paramedics and transported to the Baragwanath and Johannesburg Hospitals respectively. All of the patients that were transported to hospital sustained multiple head and body injuries. Paramedics had to implement advanced life support manoeuvres to stabilize the critically injured. The remaining occupants were declared dead on scene by paramedics due to massive fatal injuries.
It is unbelievable that eight people were travelling in the small Golf at the time of the accident. The exact cause for the accident is not known and will be investigated by the Metro
Police's Accident Investigation Unit. There were no other vehicles involved.The highway was closed during the investigation and during the removal of the bodies by the Gauteng Forensic Services.
It is fortunate that the vehicle did not crash over the bridge's barrier as the number of fatalities could have been much higher. The relationship between all the occupants in the vehicle could not be established on scene. The next of kin have not yet been notified of the incident. It is not known where the occupants were travelling to or from before the accident.
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