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Bizarre crash leaves car pushed up against pole on Kerk Street

One woman was taken to hospital in a critical condition

A woman was left in a critical condition after two cars collided on Kerk Street in the early hours of Friday morning.

The bizarre accident left one of the cars, a silver Ford, pushed up against a street light pole at the corner of Kerk Street and Monument Road.

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According to Ona Ndala of Gauteng 911, paramedics arrived at the scene at about 4am to find the two vehicles, the Ford and a yellow Nissan van, had collided and the Ford had been pushed up against the light pole.

“Two passengers from the vehicle pushed up against the police escaped with minor injuries while the passenger from the yellow car, a female, was in a critical condition. She was stabilised on the scene and transported to hospital for further medical treatment,” Ndala said.

THE two passengers from the Ford were lucky to escape with only minor injuries. Photograph: Ona Ndala, Gauteng 911
THE two passengers from the Ford were lucky to escape with only minor injuries. Photograph: Ona Ndala, Gauteng 911

 

It is not confirmed what happened but the two vehicles were following each other and the one knocked the other from behind, causing the accident.

Local authorities were on scene to investigate further.

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Nolwazi Dhlamini

Senior Journalist at Caxton Community Newspapers (2014 – 2017) and Features Writer at Caxton Magazines (2017 – 2020)
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