An eight-year-old boy was killed when he was struck by a truck on the R55 in Olifantsfontein on Thursday afternoon.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the boy lying on the road with the truck several metres away from him, Chitra Bodasing of ER24 said.
An Orange Fox medic was attending to the boy. Upon assessment of the patient, ER24 paramedics found that the child had sustained multiple injuries.
His condition deteriorated and paramedics initiated CPR. Sadly, the child died despite all efforts to save him.
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