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UPDATE: Johan Rossouw still in trauma unit, but stable

His family is still very hopeful.

MBOMBELA – Johan Rossouw is still under sedation and connected to a ventilator in the trauma unit at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.

Rossouw, an armed reaction officer for Divergent Ops, was involved in a motorcycle accident on November 10.

He was on his way from White River to Mbombela on his motorcycle on the R40 when a bakkie, coming from the University of Mpumalanga turn-off, allegedly swerved in front of him.

According to his father Gert, he had a good weekend and is stable. His internal bleeding as also been stopped.

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On Thursday Rossouw underwent a knee operation as well as a procedure to repair a break in his leg with screws.

Gert said that Rossouw also went for scans on Friday to establish the severity of his injuries.

“He has a lot of internal injuries, but I do not want to go into the extent of that,” Gert said.

They have not yet received the result of the scans, “but we believe that no news is good news.”

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