Woman trapped in crushed car in Centurion midnight collision
“The woman was found entrapped in her double cab and the fire department spent 45 minutes extracting her from the crushed vehicle.”
A woman, believed to be in her 30s, had to be extracted from her car following an accident around midnight in Lyttelton, Centurion on Friday.
A spokesperson for ER24 emergency service Ross Campbell said along with other private services and the Tshwane fire department, they responded to the call-out following a collision between a double cab and a Range Rover at the intersection of Cradock and Trighart roads.
The cause of the collision was still unclear.
“The woman was found entrapped in her double cab and the fire department spent 45 minutes extracting her from the crushed vehicle,” Campbell said.
He said the woman had suffered serious injuries and was treated using advanced life support interventions before being taken to Steve Biko academic hospital for further care by another ambulance service on the scene.
He said the occupants of the second vehicle suffered unknown injuries and were treated and transported by other ambulance services.
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He said the police were also on the scene to investigate the accident further.
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