UPDATE: Indications are pedestrian caused fatal R21 accident
Two people have been killed and seven others injured
A pedestrian running across the highway was apparently the cause of this morning’s accident on the R21 north which claimed the lives of two people.
The road was still closed at around 6pm, causing huge traffic delays.
According to Russel Meiring, spokesman for ER24, it was understood that a truck driver swerved to avoid a pedestrian running across the road. This caused the truck to jump the centre median and veer into oncoming traffic.
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Two people have been killed and seven others injured in the multiple vehicle collision involving two trucks and three cars.
Meiring said ER24 paramedics, along with several other services, arrived on the scene to find that two large trucks and three light motor vehicles had collided. All five vehicles had been spread across the entire highway.
Local law enforcement began to divert traffic while paramedics assessed the situation.
Upon closer inspection, paramedics found that a man in a light motor vehicle and an elderly woman in the another vehicle had both sustained fatal injuries.
According to reports the dead man was in a bakkie trapped between the two trucks. His body was only removed a short while ago.
“Seven other patients were found on the scene. Paramedics assessed the patients and found their injuries ranged from minor to moderate,” Meiring said.
The patients were treated for their injuries and were transported to various hospitals for further treatment.
Local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.
