Busy weekend for Tshwane emergency services
Emergency services had to cope with a thousand-litre diesel spill at a hospital and a multiple vehicle smash-up on the highway.
Members of the Tshwane emergency services had their hands full at the weekend, responding to among others, a thousand-litre diesel spillage in a hospital’s parking lot, to a multiple vehicle highway smash-up in which 18 people were injured.
On Sunday, firefighters contained a diesel spillage of about 1 000 litres after a road tanker carrying oxygen collided with stationary vehicles in the parking area of Netcare Pretoria East hospital.
Tshwane emergency services spokesperson Charles Mabaso said the incident happened not far from the hospital’s intensive care unit.
“A male patient was treated by Netcare paramedics while firefighters had to remain at the scene for possible fire protection during the spillage clean-up and recovery of the road tanker,” he said.
On Saturday, firefighters responded to an incident on the R25 Road near Lynnwood Road where a tractor overturned, killing the male driver.
Only hours later, four adults and a child of about five years sustained multiple injuries when two of the vehicles they were travelling in were involved in an accident on the R631,Boschkop Road, near Tiegerpoort Road around 19:20.
Mabaso said a male patient, whose leg was amputated as a result of the accident, was transported by ambulance to Life Wilgers hospital in a critical condition.
Two of the other patients, a man and a woman, were transported to Mamelodi hospital with minor to moderate injuries, he said.
“The child and one male patient were also taken to hospital with moderate to serious injuries.”
On the same evening, the N1 highway had to be closed after a multiple car pile-up when a man reportedly jumped from the Atterbury bridge onto the highway.
The incident caused a truck accident that led to the highway being closed.
Photo: Supplie
Paramedics declared the man who fell from the bridge dead at the scene, Mabaso said.
“Eighteen people sustained multiple injuries of varying severity in a secondary accident that occurred later, leading to a further closure of the highway and traffic diversion at the Garsfontein off-ramp until after midnight.”
Mabaso said people were transported by ambulance to Mamelodi hospital and other nearby hospitals in the east of Pretoria.
The exact circumstances into the cause of the alleged suicide and the subsequent pile-up accident are still being invested.
He urged motorists and pedestrians to exercise extreme caution on the roads by adhering to traffic regulations and safety protocols to ensure personal safety and the safety of others.
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