Hectic day at the office for emergency services
Emergency workers had their hands full with two incidents minutes apart from one another.
Mogale City’s Emergency Service had a rather eventful day yesterday, rushing from the one scene to the other.
The team were called out to a scene in the Cradle of Humankind after a truck caught fire around 10am.
It is believed the fire was possibly started by an electrical fault causing the wiring to set alight.
Within 30 minutes the firefighters managed to extinguish the fire and secure the scene.
Fortunately no-one was injured during this incident.
From this scene the team then rushed to Hekpoort where a man was seriously injured during an accident.
On arrival, they found the wrecked vehicle which rolled multiple times.
Emergency personnel helped control the scene to make way for an emergency helicopter landing.
ER24 and Netcare 911 stabilised the driver who was later transported to hospital by helicopter to received treatment for serious injuries sustained.
It is believed the driver lost control of the vehicle causing it to roll and crash.
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