Eight-year-old child among injured in head-on collision
One person sustained numerous serious injuries during the crash.
Two people sustained serious injuries during a collision between a Volkswagen Caddy and a truck on Chamdor Road late on Tuesday afternoon, 12 June.
The paramedics of Emer-G-med were among the first rescue teams on the scene. In a statement, the team had said that upon arrival they found one vehicle at the side of the road and the other in the middle of the road.
Photo: Bianca Pindral.
They found that the passengers in the Caddy had numerous serious injuries.
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Alongside ER24 paramedics, they treated a woman with a broken arm and other injuries, and an eight-year-old boy. They were both transported to hospital by helicopter. The driver of the truck got away with a few scrapes and bruises.
Eyewitnesses explained that they believed the Caddy and truck had collided head-on, after which the truck driver lost control of his vehicle and rolled it.
Photo: Bianca Pindral.
Authorities were on scene to determine the cause of the collision and the events preceding it.
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