Driver says he nearly hit Van Riebeeck Road pedestrian earlier
'It was the same woman who jumped in front of my car earlier that morning'
A woman who was airlifted from a pedestrian accident on Van Riebeeck Road last week Wednesday, is still in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Vicky Smith, the driver of the vehicle who was involved in the accident, explained to EXPRESS what happened.
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“I am a nurse and was on my way to work at about 5.50am. It all happened so fast. The next thing I knew, a woman jumped out of nowhere in front of my car and I had no time to stop. I still ask myself from where did she come?” she said.
Smith called an ambulance and attended to the woman who was lying in the middle of the road with severe injuries to her head, pelvis and legs.
“A lot of cars stopped to help and I explained what happened. A man came to me and said the same woman had jumped in front of his car earlier that morning.
Smith said a woman in a black Mini Cooper said the same thing.
“I was on my way to drop off my wife at work at about 5.30am when a woman walked in front of my car. Luckily there was enough space for me to swerve around her. When I came back, I saw all the cars and the woman lying on the road. It was the same woman who jumped in front of me,” said the man.
Smith is still looking for the woman in the black Mini Cooper.
Paramedics started their treatment and provided the patient with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, she was airlifted by medical helicopter to Baragwanath Hospital for urgent treatment.
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
