Black weekend on our roads with at least six dead
Two motorcyclists were killed in separate accidents
IT was a black weekend on Ekurhuleni’s roads with at least six people killed and several others injured.
On Monday morning a pedestrian was killed in a hit and run accident on the R21 near Olifantsfontein Road in Clayville.
Santi Steinmann, Netcare 911 spokesman, said Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found more vehicles drove over the deceased pedestrian on the roadway prior to any emergency services’ arrival.
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Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an accident on the R25 in Bapsfontein on Sunday night where two vehicles were involved in a head-on collion. Accident debris were scattered all over the roadway.
One man died and another person was in a critical condition. Two more people sustained serious injuries and three minor to moderate injuries during the crash.
The injured patients were treated at the scene and transported to hospital for further medical care.
In another pedestrian accident a man was seriously injured following a pedestrian accident on Loam Road on Sunday night. The injured man was treated at the scene and transported to hospital by Netcare 911.
Two separate motorcycle accidents on Sunday claimed two lives. A man in his 30s was killed and a woman injured when a motorcycle collided with a light motor vehicle at the Wattel and Elm roads intersection in Benoni.
According to Russel Meiring, ER24 spokesman, ER24 paramedics were alerted to the incident by CPF members. On their arrival, they found both the light motor vehicle and motorcycle in the middle of the road, some distance apart.
On assessment of the biker, paramedics found that he had already succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the light motor vehicle sustained minor injuries. She was treated for her injuries and transported to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.
Jan Van Vuuren, believed to have been in his 50s, was killed while riving his motorbike on Pomona Road in Kempton Park on Sunday. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the motionless driver lying in the middle of the road. The motorbike lay in pieces at least 50m away, Meiring said.
Paramedics assessed the man and found that he had already succumbed to his injuries.
On Friday evening a man lost his life and three people were injured following an accident on the R21 towards Johannesburg at 9pm.
A Hilux bakkie and car were involved in the accident. The Hilux was flung over the barriers. Netcare 911 paramedics found the male driver of the Hilux in a critical condition. His condition deteriorated at the scene due to the extensive injuries sustained during the rollover crash. Sadly the man passed away and was declared dead at the scene.
The deceased man’s wife was entrapped in the bakkie and the fire department had to make use of the Jaws of Life to extricate her from the vehicle.
Two other men sustained moderate and serious injuries respectively. Once the woman was freed from the vehicle, she was treated at the scene and transported to hospital for further medical care in a serious condition. It is believed another patient died later.
In another accident close to Boundary Silk Bazaar on Saturday a man was seriously injured. He is still in ICU.
