A man and a woman have been seriously injured after falling from a bridge down an embankment in Escom Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.

According to Rescue Care, paramedics arrived on scene and heard screams from below.

“They used torches and could see two people down the bank. They immediately called for rescue personnel before gearing up and trying to carefully make their way down to the injured by creating a path.

“Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilise the two. Rescue tech organisation arrived to assist and planned a complex rope rescue system allowing a specialised stretcher to be lowered to rescue the two injured,” said Rescue Care Paramedics.

The patients were transported to hospital.

The cause of the incident is unknown.

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