Two killed and 25 injured in weekend accidents
Three children were among the injured.
Two people were killed and 25 people, including three children, were injured in accidents on the North Coast this weekend.
On Saturday three pedestrians were injured when a car, with a driving instructor and learner driver, veered off the roadway and ploughed into them, in Shakashead.
Netcare911 paramedics found a 15-year-old girl and woman in her thirties were injured seriously and a three-year-old girl had minor injuries.
The driving instructor and learner driver were detained by police.
A nine-year-old girl was seriously hurt in a rear-end accident on Watson Highway in Tongaat on Saturday.
Two people were killed and another 16 patients sustained serious injuries in an accident near the Oqaqeni clinic in Maphumulo early on Saturday morning.
The paramedics worked frantically together to treat and stabilize the patients, before transporting them to Maphumulo hospital for ongoing medical care.
The cause of the accident and the event preceding the accident are being investigated by the police.
Netcare911 spokesman Chris Botha said the girl was “unrestrained” and thrown forward on impact.
A man is fighting for his life and another is in a serious condition after an accident near Sibaya on Saturday.
“A man was thrown from the car, onto the road. Both were taken to nearby hospitals,” said Botha.
A car overturned on the R102 near King Shaka International Airport on Sunday night, injuring three people.
A woman in her twenties and an eight-year-old child were critically injured. A man in his twenties escaped with minor injuries.
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