Accident victim undergoes facial reconstruction surgery
The woman in the Atos did not sustain any injuries
A 27-year-old Terenure resident, Jan Venter, who was involved in a motorcycle accident in Van Riebeeck Park on Wednesday morning last week, is still on life-support in Arwyp.
According to the latest update by his father, Gert, on Tuesday morning, his son already underwent three major surgeries the past weekend.
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On Friday, Venter was in a six-hour operation to reconstruct his jawbone. On Saturday they doctors operated on his shoulder and arm and on Sunday his nose, sinuses and eyebrows were reconstructed.
“He is looking very strong and I believe he is going to get through this. Doctors are slowly waking him up from an induced coma to see what the progress is,” said Venter senior.
Venter junior was left in a critical condition after a side impact accident at the intersection of De Wiekus Road and Drakensberg Street in on March 23 around 11.30am.
The impact of the collision made the car, driven by a woman, overturn onto its side. Venter junior was flung over the car, hitting the road on the other side.
The woman in the car was not injured.
