Three people seriously injured in east accident
Medics worked vigorously to stabilise the critically injured passenger while he was being removed from the vehicle.
Three people suffered critical and serious injuries in an accident in the east of Pretoria on Tuesday morning.
The accident happened around 10:00 on Graham Road, according to Vemru emergency medical service.
“On arrival, we found two people entrapped inside a vehicle; one with critical injuries and another with serious injuries. Rescue teams were called in to use specialised rescue equipment to free the patients,” said Vemru spokesperson Casper Visser.
He said medics worked vigorously to stabilise the critically injured passenger while he was being removed from the vehicle. “A decision was made to airlift him to a specialist trauma hospital in Johannesburg.
The other seriously injured patient and the patient from the other vehicle were transported via ambulance to a nearby hospital,” Visser said.
The cause of the accident was unknown at the time of going to print.
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