Three men have been injured, one of them critically, in a head-on collision on the R82/Plantation Road in De Deur, South of Johannesburg, this morning.

ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring says ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 05:10 to find one light motor vehicle that had rolled into a ditch on the side of the road and the other still in the middle of the road.

“Both the driver and passenger of the vehicle in the ditch were entrapped and Midvaal Fire Department were on the scene for the extraction.”

Both patients are believed to be in their mid 30s.

“The passenger was critically injured and required Advanced Life Support interventions to stabilise his condition before ER24 transported him through to Sebokeng Provincial Hospital for further care.”

The driver of the vehicle in the ditch as well as the driver of the other vehicle involved were found to have suffered moderate injuries and were treated and transported to Sebokeng by GPG for further care.”

Midvaal Traffic Department were also on the scene for further investigations.