Man’s arm almost amputated when bakkie rolls
His chest was crushed and his ribs were broken.
A man’s arm was almost amputated, his ribs broken and his chest crushed during an accident on the R563 in Hekpoort yesterday afternoon, 20 September.
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The bakkie he and another man were travelling in rolled, leaving them both injured. The critically injured patient, a 42-year-old man, appeared to have been ejected from the vehicle. He was intubated by Help24 and loaded into a Netcare 911 helicopter to be transported to hospital.
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The other man, who sustained moderate injuries, was loaded into an ambulance and transported to hospital.
Details of the cause of the incident have not yet been released.
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Local authorities were on scene to investigate the cause of the incident.
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