4 dead in accident near Port Shepstone in KZN

The jaws of life had to be used to free one of the people from the wreckage.

April 21, 2024
Shona Aylward Less than a minute
Four people were killed and one person seriously injured in an accident near Port Shepstone. Photo: KZN Private Ambulance/Facebook.

Four people died and another was seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident which took place on the N2 near Port Shepstone yesterday (Saturday) morning.

According information supplied by KwaZulu Private Ambulance (KZPA), the driver of the bakkie involved in the accident lost control causing it to roll.

The accident scene where four people lost their lives near Port Shepstone. Photo: Traffic group/WhatsApp.

Four of the five people in the vehicle were killed.

KZPA said they died before emergency services arrived and that a fifth person was treated for serious injuries.

Gavin Black, advanced life support paramedic from MI7, said the jaws of life had to be used by members of the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality’s Fire Department to extricate one of the people trapped in the vehicle.

 

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April 21, 2024
Shona Aylward Less than a minute

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Jana works as a senior support specialist for Caxton digital. Before that she was a journalist at the Middelburg Observer 15 years where she won numerous awards including Sanlam's Up and Coming Journalist, Caxton Multimedia Journalist of the Year, and several investigative awards. She is passionate about people and the stories untold.
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