Car Overturned on Highway

A 37 year old man is in a serious, but stable condition after he was involved in a serious accident on the N1 Highway near the Maraisburg turn off this evening.

Bystanders on the scene explained that the Land Rover with a trailer was travelling on the highway towards the Randshow Interchange when it appeared that the vehicle lost control.

The Land Rover veered off the road and collided with the driver's side against a bridge pillar in the middle of the highway.

When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found the Land Rover on its roof along with an overturned trailer a few metres from the scene.

The man was extricated from his overturned vehicle and stabilized on the scene for multiple injuries. He was transported to a nearby hospital for further medical management.

It is understood that the man was alone in the vehicle at the time of the accident and no other vehicles were involved in the accident.

ER24 EMS, Netcare, JMPD and Fire Department attended the scene.

17 Injured in Taxi Smash

The driver of a taxi is in a critical condition after his taxi's wheel apparently burst on the highway. The taxi overturned several times before landing on its wheels in the middle of the highway.

An ambulance which was travelling in the opposite direction noticed the accident just after it occurred.

Paramedics from numerous services raced to the scene to treat the injured people. The driver sustained multiple head and chest injuries. Advanced Life Support techniques were initiated in order to save his life on the scene.

16 other occupants were flung from the vehicle. Paramedics found them scattered next to the taxi. Amongst the injured was a three year old boy. He sustained injuries to his arms and legs.

All of the occupants were treated for multiple injuries on the scene and transported by ambulances to nearby hospitals.

The Johannesburg Metro Police will be investigating the accident. No other vehicles were involved.

ER24, Netcare, Province and Hatzolah attended to the patients.

Diplomat Dies in Crash

Paramedics resuscitated for over 45 minutes this morning on an unknown diplomat in Pretoria after he was involved in a major accident in the CBD.

It is believed that a blue green BMW and a white SUV Honda collided with each other on the corners of Hilda and Schoeman Streets in Hatfield during the early hours of this morning.

Paramedics from ER24 that arrived first on the scene found the two vehicles scattered across the intersection. The BMW was found on the opposite side of Hilda Street halfway through a palisade fence of a nearby building. The Honda SUV was found against the wall of a nearby building wedged against a tree.

The exact cause of the incident is not known at this stage, but it is believed that the Honda was thrown with force against a tree next to the road before it came to a standstill against the wall.

Paramedics noticed that a man, believed to be in his 40's, were trapped in his Honda SUV and had poor life signs. Paramedics could not extricate the man from the vehicle and initiated emergency treatment inside the vehicle. The Tshwane Fire Department had to use hydraulic and rescue equipment to free the diplomat from his vehicle.

Shortly after the man was rescued from the wreck, he lost his pulse. Paramedics quickly initiated CPR on the scene. Advanced Life Support Paramedics tried for over 45 minutes to regain his pulse, but due to extensive injuries he was declared dead on the scene.

Two occupants from the BMW sustained serious injuries and was rushed off per ambulance to the Pretoria Academic Hospital for further medical treatment. The middle aged couple were treated for multiple injuries on the scene.

Paramedics and Fire Fighters could not find any identification on the man. On scene it was confirmed that the man is a diplomat from an unknown country, but no next of kin details could be located.

ER24, LifeMed, SAPS, Fire and TMPD attended the scene.

The Tshwane Metro Police will be investigating this incident.

Man Dies in Taxi Violence

A man has died and three others were seriously wounded this evening during an alleged taxi drive-by shooting on Hendrik Potgieter Drive.

It is believed that a group of people were waiting next to a taxi outside the mall on Hendrik Potgieter Drive when an unknown taxi opened fire. One man was hit in the head and a lady was hit in the chest. The man was declared dead on the scene and the lady was rushed off to a nearby hospital in a critical condition.

Another person was wounded in the leg, he is in a serious condition.

Police Officials Injured

Two police officials were injured yesterday morning when their official police vehicle overturned in Rabie Drive near President Fouche Street. The vehicle overturned and collided with a tree next to the road before it came to a standstill on its driver's side.

Paramedics from ER24 stabilized the two police officials on the scene for chest and possible spinal injuries. It is believed that the two officers were reacting on a call for a serious incident in Boskruin when the accident occurred. No other vehicles were involved.

Both of the police officials were transported by ER24 to the Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital for further medical management.

The exact cause of the incident is not yet known and will be investigated by the South African Police.

At approximately 20h30 yesterday evening, paramedics were called to another accident where police officials were injured. When paramedics arrived on the scene at Apollo and Northumberland in Honeydew, they found that an official police vehicle and a light duty bakkie collided with each other.

Two police officials were treated on the scene for possible head and spinal injuries and rushed off to the Life Flora Clinic for further treatment. Another two occupants in the light duty bakkie were treated on the scene for head injuries and were also transported in a stable condition to the Life Flora Clinic.

It is understood that the officials were responding to an emergency at the time of the accident.

The South African police will investigate this accident.

Six Year Old Knocked Down

A six year old boy is in a serious, but stable condition after he was apparently knocked over by a bakkie in Industria, West of Johannesburg this morning.

Paramedics were called to the scene where they found the little boy lying in the road. According to bystanders and the driver of the bakkie, the child ran across the busy road with no warning.

The boy was treated on the scene for a possible fractured arm and head injury. Paramedics stabilized him on the scene and transported him to the Chris-Hani Baragwanath Hospital for further medical treatment.

Bystanders on the scene explained that is not the first time that children get knocked over in the area due to the fact that they just run across the road without observing the traffic flow.

The middle-aged driver of the bakkie who allegedly collided with the child was not injured during the accident.

It is understood that the boy, who was still in school uniform, was on his was to a nearby school. His parents could not be reached on the scene. The Johannesburg Metro Police Department will try to locate the parents or a next of kin.

ER24 Emergency Services caution the public and pedestrians when crossing any road. An accident happens in a split second. Children should be accompanied by adults where possible and pedestrians must try to cross at a dedicated pedestrian crossing whenever possible.

Highway Closed After Accident

The N12 Highway was chaotic this morning after a truck and two other vehicles collided with each other just before the Comaro turn off.

According to an eyewitness on the scene, it appears that a Isuzu bakkie might have lost control on the N12 whilst travelling in an opposite direction and smashed trough the median barrier into oncoming traffic.

A truck and a light duty bakkie with a trailer was in the destruction path of the out of control vehicle. It is understood that the two bakkies collided semi head on with each other and then smashed into a truck that tried to avoid the collision.

The light duty bakkie and its two occupants lost control after the smash and landed on top of an embankment next to the highway. The truck's rear wheels were severely damaged and the truck came to a standstill across all three lanes of the highway, causing a severe obstruction.

Paramedics that arrived on the scene, treated the male driver of the Isuzu bakkie for minor injuries. He was transported in a stable condition to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital for further medical management. All of the other parties involved were assessed on the scene, but fortunately did not sustain any injuries.

The traffic was severely backed up in an eastern direction passed the Diepkloof Interchange.

Truck Wipes Out Six Cars

A 20 ton truck set on a a destruction path this evening when it collided with at least six vehicles, including a Yeoville Police bakkie in Houghton.

Paramedics from ER24 and Johannesburg Emergency Services treated almost 18 people on the scene when the truck mauled a Nissan Sentra, Toyota Corrola and a Taxi carrying about ten occupants.

Fortunately only four people were injured and were transported to nearby hospitals.

It is believed that the truck might have lost control and collided with the vehicles that were stationary at a robot on Louis Botha drive.

Louis Botha was closed off for traffic for over two hours and the SAPS will investigate this incident.

Matriculant Survives Crash

An eighteen year old matriculant miraculously escaped death this afternoon when his VW Citi Golf collided with the front of a 20 ton tipper truck in Rooseveldt Park.

Paramedics that arrived on the scene, found his vehicle ripped to pieces along with its wheels lying in the road. It was thought that no one could have survived this crash, until they found the student sitting against a nearby tree.

On examination it was found that he only sustained a few bruises and a possible spinal injury. If he had any passengers in his vehicle, they would have probably not survived or would have been seriously injured.

According to the driver of the truck, the Golf appeared to have lost control and swerved in front of the truck. No one in the truck was injured.

ER24 transported the eighteen year old to the Life Flora Clinic in a stable condition.

The student was on his way home after writing a mathematics exam for his senior certificate.

Tree House or Tree Car

Paramedics from ER24 attended to a bizarre accident this afternoon on the Christiaan De Wet Drive in Helderkuin. Emergency personnel were amazed by to find a black Tata Indica hanging from its right rear wheel, nose down, from a tree next to the road.

It is understood that the 43 year old female driver might have lost control over her vehicle whilst travelling on Christiaan De Wet towards Hendrik Potgieter Drive and overturned several times. It appears that the vehicle spun up and landed in the tree. The tree stopped the vehicle from falling down an embankment into a river that runs next to the road.

Paramedics from ER24 were the first emergency service on the scene and found the lady hanging face down in her car. Paramedics struggled to gain access to her and had to cut open the windscreen and brake open the door and side panels with rescue tools. An emergency extrication was performed and the lady was removed from the wreckage. Upon removal, it was noticed that she sustained multiple injuries to her face and visible chest injuries.

She was stabilized on the scene by ER24 and rapidly transported to the Life Flora Clinic in a serious, but stable condition.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident. The next of kin has not yet been located.

The Johannesburg Metro Police closed off Christiaan De Wet drive in both directions for approximately two hours during their investigation and the recovery of the vehicle.

Thugs Drive Car Down Embankment

Two suspects were stopped in their tracks last night when they crashed a stolen vehicle down an embankment near the Diepkloof Interchange.

According to the owner of the vehicle, who attended the scene, he noticed his stolen vehicle driving passed him on the highway shortly after he reported it stolen at the police station from Orange Farm. The owner contacted the Metro Police and gave chase behind his vehicle. The Metro Police arrived shortly after. The owner explained that as the suspects allegedly tried to outrun the Metro Police, they lost control in the bend of the highway split and the car crashed through the armco barriers down an embankment.

The Johannesburg Fire Department arrived on the scene and noticed that the two suspects were injured. ER24 paramedics arrived moments after and treated the two suspects. One of the suspects were still trapped in the vehicle and the other was lying next to the driver's side. Both of the suspects sustained multiple injuries, but were in a stable condition.

Both of the suspects were arrested on the scene by Metro Police and taken into custody. An ER24 ambulance transported both of the suspects under police guard to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.

19 Injured in Head-on Smash

19 People have been involved in a serious head on collision between two bakkies on the notorious Malotto Road in Pretoria. It is believed that the two bakkies collided head on outside the SAPS Dog School at approximately 18h50.

Paramedics from ER24 arrived on the scene quickly, only to find that two of the people have died and four were in a critical condition. The Fire Department had to use the jaws of life to rescue some of the trapped victims. Most of the patients were flung from the two vehicles. It is believed that most of the occupants were on the back of the two bakkies.

Whilst paramedics were attending to the initial accident, a luxury vehicle apparently lost control about 100 metres from the crash site and overturned several times in the direction of the paramedics. Paramedics rushed themselves towards the overturned vehicle.

This time two adults and a baby were involved in this accident. The baby was in a critical condition, but deteriorated very quickly. Paramedics from ER24 initiated emergency resuscitation, but unfortunately the baby died on the scene. The two adults, believed to be the parents are both in a critical condition.

The exact cause for the initial and secondary accident is not known and will be investigated by the local law enforcement. The road has been closed off for traffic in both directions and no commuters are allowed to pass through the scene.

A total of 22 people were involved in this accident. Three people have died, of which one was a baby. Six people are in a critical condition. All of the patients were transported by ambulance to the Mamelodi and Pretoria Academic Hospitals.

Elderly Woman Serious After Crash

An elderly woman is in a serious, but stable condition after she was allegedly knocked down by a car on Jim Fouche Drive this afternoon.

Paramedics were called to the scene to assist. When they arrived on the scene, they found an elderly woman lying on the side of the road with multiple injuries. Paramedics acted quickly and stabilized her on the scene.

The injured woman was transported by ER24 to a nearby hospital for further treatment of her injuries. The driver of the vehicle did not sustain any injuries.

One lane of Jim Fouche was blocked of for the duration of the on-scene treatment and traffic was slow.

'Hijacker' Shot By Police

An alleged hijacker was shot this afternoon by law enforcement officials on the N12 Highway near Comaro Street in Oakdene.

It is believed that two suspects hijacked a 22-wheeler truck this morning. It is also understood that the police and a tracking company picked up a tracking signal from the alleged stolen truck and followed it to the highway.

The police successfully managed to stop the truck partially off the highway. It is understood that the driver of the truck tried to run away for the police.

Paramedics were called to the scene to treat the alleged hijacker with a gunshot wound to his leg. He was in a stable condition and transported under police custody to a nearby hospital. It is not known if any other arrests were made.

Road workers narrowly escaped from the truck stopping on the side of the road. According to the road workers on the scene, they were busy digging a small trench for cables next to the highway when the truck suddenly swerved in their direction. They downed tools quickly and ran for safety. Fortunately no one was injured as the trucked came to a standstill on top of the trench.

The police will be investigating this incident and they have attended the scene.

Critical After Weltevreden Smash

A lady is in a critical condition after she was involved in a serious accident in Weltevredenpark this morning.

It is understood that two Mercedes' collided with each other on the corners of J.G. Strydom and Cornelius. Paramedics that arrived on the scene found the woman still trapped in the passenger seat of her vehicle. The Fire Department had to use hydraulic and rescue equipment to free her from the wreck. Due to the massive and multiple injuries she has sustained, she was placed on life support units on the scene. Paramedics stabilized her on the scene and transported her to a nearby hospital.

The driver of the vehicle, believed to be her husband, was also treated on the scene for facial injuries. He was treated on the scene and transported by ER24 to the Life Flora Clinic. He is in a stable condition. The driver of the other Mercedes involved the crash, sustained minor injuries and was treated on the scene.