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Emergency services take a hour-and-a-half to remove woman from wreckage

The jaws of life was used to free her.

Four people were injured in an accident on the N2 near the KFC in Marburg last night.

Two people were seriously injured while two others were in a stable condition before they were transported to hospital.

The vehicle slid under the truck. Photo: Med-Evac

Glen Preston of Med-Evac said paramedics together with the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality fire department took a hour-and-a-half to remove a woman, believed to be in her 30’s, from the vehicle which had gone under the truck.

“We had to use the jaws of life to free the woman from the wreckage,” he said.

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