Saturday, June 16, 2007

Motorbiker Serious after Crash

A 48 year old man sustained serious injuries when he was involved in serious crash with his Suzuki motorbike on the R28 this afternoon.

Paramedics from ER24 were alerted by a passing motorist near the Hendrik Potgieter that someone has crashed on the R28. On arrival at the scene, just before the Beyers Naude off-ramp, they found a man lying next to his motorbike in the middle island.

Emergency workers established on scene that the man sustained possible fractures to both his arms and other injuries. He was stabilized on the scene and transported to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.

According to the injured biker, he was on his way home after a day out with his family and friends from the Hartebeestpoort dam when the accident occurred. Details of the crash could not be confirmed, but riders from the same group, who was travelling behind the man, said a car changed lanes in front of the bike. It is believed that the biker then tried to avoid colliding with the car and lost control ending up in the middle island.

There was no other vehicles on scene when paramedics arrived and it could not be confirmed what exactly happened.

Again, passing bikers from various riding clubs stopped on the scene to offer their support. On numerous occasions before did it happen that bikers from all over arrive on a motorbike crash to offer support to family and friends. It appears that they have a strong "family" within the motorbike community.

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