Elderly Man Dead after Two Bakkies Collide
An elderly man has been killed and a 40 year old man seriously injured when their two bakkies collided on the Old Pretoria Road just outside Fourways this evening.
It is believed that a black Club Cab Colt was traveling towards the Lion Park and a white Nissan 1400 bakkie, traveling in the opposite direction, collided with each other. It appears
that the Colt bakkie overturned and rolled into the front of the 1400 bakkie shearing the windscreen and roof open before it came to a landing next to the road in two pieces.
With the impact the roof and parts of the bakkie collided with the elderly man's face. He died on impact due to major injuries. The male driver of the Colt bakkie was allegedly thrown over a fence some metres away into a school's sport field. Firefighters had to lift the fence in order for paramedics to reach him. He sustained serious injuries and was stabilized on the scene and later transported by ER24 to the Leratong Hospital.
When paramedics arrived, the old man was still behind the broken steering wheel of his bakkie and buckled up by his safety belt.
It is an unfortunate accident as the elderly man most probably did not even see the bakkie rolling directly into the upper front part of his bakkie where he was killed.
The JMPD will be investigating the accident. The Randburg Fire Department and Life Fourways Healthcare paramedics attended the scene.
It is believed that a black Club Cab Colt was traveling towards the Lion Park and a white Nissan 1400 bakkie, traveling in the opposite direction, collided with each other. It appears
that the Colt bakkie overturned and rolled into the front of the 1400 bakkie shearing the windscreen and roof open before it came to a landing next to the road in two pieces.With the impact the roof and parts of the bakkie collided with the elderly man's face. He died on impact due to major injuries. The male driver of the Colt bakkie was allegedly thrown over a fence some metres away into a school's sport field. Firefighters had to lift the fence in order for paramedics to reach him. He sustained serious injuries and was stabilized on the scene and later transported by ER24 to the Leratong Hospital.
When paramedics arrived, the old man was still behind the broken steering wheel of his bakkie and buckled up by his safety belt.
It is an unfortunate accident as the elderly man most probably did not even see the bakkie rolling directly into the upper front part of his bakkie where he was killed.
The JMPD will be investigating the accident. The Randburg Fire Department and Life Fourways Healthcare paramedics attended the scene.
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