Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to a fire incident in Emdeni in Soweto this evening.
Upon their arrival on scene they found that a five-year-old boy had tragically burnt to death after the room he was in caught alight.
Exact detail to the cause of the fire and preceding events will remain the subject of a police and fire department investigation.
R512, Lanseria outlying, GP
12:30
17 June 2013
Two women and four children have been injured after the SUV that they were travelling in rolled. The vehicle rolled down a short embankment at the side of the road off the R512 near the Home of the Chicken pie, but the cause is still unknown.
A doctor had stopped on scene and activated the emergency services while she initiated treatment on the little seven year old who was allegedly ejected from the vehicle. The little girl was later airlifted by AER24 to Mediclinic Sandton for further care of a suspected head injury and broken bones.
The three other children and two adult women suffered minor and moderate injuries and they received treatment on scene as required.
It is believed that no other vehicles were involved in the accident.
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Vanessa Jackson
ER24
Incident Time: 20h30
Three people were left with minor smoke inhalation after their house caught fire on Saturday evening.
ER24 Paramedics received frantic calls that a house was on fire in Plover Street, MacKenzie Park in Benoni with people still inside.
On arrival paramedics found the house to be engulfed with smoke and portions of the house to be alight, one person was already removed from the house by the community and two other people were still inside, the community along with ER24 paramedics managed to get the remaining two people out the main bedroom by breaking the window.
All three people were assessed on scene and treated for minor smoke inhalation by ER24 paramedics and did not require further medical care.
Local authorities were on scene to investigate the cause of the fire.
Derrick Banks
ER24
A second pedestrian vehicle accident required the help of paramedics but sadly this time the incident was fatal.
Paramedics responded out to the N3 in the direction of Pietermaritzburg where at the Camperdown exit they found the young man having suffered multiple injuries. There was nothing more that could be done to save his life and he was declared dead.
No one else suffered injury in the incident.
Vanessa Jackson
ER24
A man is in a critical condition after losing control of his motor vehicle and rolling numerous times before coming rest on 11th Avenue in Pretoria late yesterday evening.
Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found the vehicle upside down with the driver trapped underneath the car pinning him to the ground. The patient was in a critical condition and Advanced Life Support Intervention was performed on the patient. The patient was intubated and placed on a Ventilator while the local Fire Department used Specialised equipment to get the patient freed from the wreckage. Once out the patient was stabilised further and transported to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
The necessary authorities were on the scene and would investigate the accident further.
Derrick Banks, ER24
ER24 Ladysmith crews were on their way to Durban with an inter-hospital transfer last night when they received a strange call for help via the operations cellphone.
Eunice’s French poodle, Velvet was having puppies and one of the puppies had gotten stuck during the delivery. She then phoned ER24 and asked for advice.
Paramedic Peter Gumil took the call and calmly gave some advice as to what to do and Eunice was able to assist the puppy to be delivered. The puppy was born and everything turned out for the best. At the end of the labour, Velvet had managed to deliver 4 puppies. Two male and two female puppies.
This is a first for the ER24 team, let alone over a telephone. Paramedic Peter had his crew, Wilma, had gone through today to go and visit the puppies they helped to ‘save’.
Well done to the team and we wish the puppies and owner of the new bundle all the best.
Derrick Banks, ER24
A six-year-old girl is fighting for her life in a Durban hospital after she was struck by a car along Briardale Road in Newlands, Durban this morning. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the child lying on the roadway in a critical condition. After she was placed on a ventilator and skillfully immobilized on a trauma board, medics transported her to the Nkosi Albert Luthuli hospital for the care that she required.
Incident Time: 08h30
Two people have been killed and another person is in a serious condition after the vehicle they were in lost control and veered off Edendale Road and rolled down an embankment near to a river at Henley Dam this morning.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the car on its roof with all three occupants of the car in different areas near to the accident scene. Its believed that all three occupants were ejected from the vehicle when it rolled down the embankment. Paramedics assessed the patients and found that one of the occupants had already succumbed to his injuries and was declared deceased on scene.
The person was in a critical condition after sustaining a suspected head injury. Advanced Life Support intervention was performed on the patient to help stabilise the patient further. While paramedics stabilised the patient the AER24 medicopter was called to scene to airlift the patient to Grey’s Hospital for rapid medical care. Unfortunately the patient passed away in hospital due to the injuries she had sustained in the accident. The third patient had a suspected neck and back injury and multiple cuts and abrasions. The patient was transported to Edendale Hospital for further medical care.
The circumstances around the accident would be investigated by the local authorities
A female sustained serious injuries in a rear-end accident at the intersection of Link and Kingsway Roads this morning. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the female still seated in the wreckage of her car. After she was stabelised and deftly immobilized on a trauma board, medics transported her to a Netcare hospital in Amanzimtoti for the care that she required.
Two people were injured in a side impact accident along Ridge Side Road near Armstrong Road Durban North this morning. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
After the injured were stabelised on scene by Netcare 911 paramedics, they were transported to a nearby hospital for the care that they required.
