Archive for December, 2011

Tree Falls On Bakkie

[NOTTINGHAM ROAD – 31 DECEMBER 2011 AT 16H00] A woman believed to be in her later 40’s had sustained serious injuries after an Oak Tree fell on top of her car in her driveway in Loteni Road, Notthingham Road this afternoon. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the Oak Tree across the front [...]

Taxi crashes into pedestrians on sidewalk in Alexandra

Four pedestrians on an Alexandra sidewalk suffered serious injuries on Friday evening when a minibus taxi ploughed into them after the driver lost control of his vehicle, Johannesburg metro police said. Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said another seven pedestrians were slightly injured in the accident, at the corner of Watt and Third Avenues. They were [...]

RTMC confirms that 39 are killed on SA roads each day

Thirty-nine people have been killed each day on South Africa’s roads between December 1 and 26, the Road Traffic Management Corporation said on Thursday. A total of 1 023 people were killed over that period, in 853 crashes, spokesperson Ashref Ismail said. “Given the high number of major fatal crashes recorded this festive season as [...]

Two dead in head on collision in Petrusburg

Petrusburg 28 December 2011 16:30] Two men have been killed and a woman has been critically injured after a bakkie collided head on with a Hyundai hatchback on the N8 approximately 10 kilometers from Petrusburg this afternoon. The cause of the collision is not clear, but paramedics arrived to find that a man had already [...]

Two dead in head on collision in Petrusburg

Petrusburg 28 December 2011 16:30] Two men have been killed and a woman has been critically injured after a bakkie collided head on with a Hyundai hatchback on the N8 approximately 10 kilometers from Petrusburg this afternoon. The cause of the collision is not clear, but paramedics arrived to find that a man had already [...]

Female injured after falling from horse near Touwsrivier

TOUWSRIVIER 27 December 2011, 17:00 A 21 year old female sustained serious injuries this afternoon when she fell from a horse while riding at a game farm with her family. The female who is on holiday in South-Africa with her family from Europe, sustained a suspected injury to her back and pelvis. Paramedics from the [...]

Female injured after falling from horse

TOUWSRIVER 27 December 2011, 17:00 A 21 year old female sustained serious injuries this afternoon when she fell from a horse while riding at a game farm with her family. The female who is on holiday in South-Africa with her family from Europe, sustained a suspected injury to her back and pelvis. Paramedics from the [...]

18 year old female struck by car in Benoni

BENONI 27 December 2011, 11:40 One female has sustained severe injuries after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross the road. ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the 18 year old female still lying in the road. According to bystanders the female was crossing the road with a gentlemen when she [...]

Young brothers die as canoe capsizes on Vaal River

Two brothers drowned in Rooskraal dam just off the Vaal river while they were out fishing with their family, North West police said on Monday. The two brothers, aged 11 and 12 years old were accompanied by their parents and another family on a fishing excursion to the dam on Sunday morning, said police spokesperson [...]

Man Drowns On Glen Beach after saving others

[CAPE TOWN - 26 DECEMBER 2011 AT 11H45] A man believed to be on his early 40′s has drowned on Glen Beach near Camps Bay this morning. ER24 paramedics were called by Camps Bay Community Medical for a man who had just being pulled out of the ocean by life guards. When paramedics arrived on [...]