Archive for the ‘Car’ Category

Driver Crashes Into Dam in Polokwane

[POLOKWANE – 09 JANUARY 2012 AT 14H00] Six people travelling in Toyota Run X on the N1 south about 5km outside of Polokwane lost control and drove into a dam that was next to the freeway this afternoon. ER24 paramedics from Limpopo responded to the call and found the vehicle half submerged in the dam. [...]

Car Overturns On The N3, Leaving Driver With Serious Injuries

[HILLCREST – 09 JANUARY 2012 AT 08H00] A light motor vehicle travelling on the N3 in the direction of Pietermaritzburg, left the road near to Peacevale and rolled numerous times, ejecting the driver before coming to a halt in the centre medium of the freeway this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found [...]

Driver looses control and crashes into residential fence in Boemfontein

One man sustained light injuries when he lost control of his vehicle and collided into a lamp post and then into a residential fence in Pasteur avenue in Bloemfontein late Saturday afternoon. Stanley Schimper Trauma Response Africa Powered by Volvo Bloemfontein

Paramedics witness vehicle overturning in their rearview mirror

GALLO MANOR 6 January 2012 ER24 paramedics driving on Bowling road in Gallo Manor witnessed a serious accident this afternoon. While looking in the rear view mirror the paramedic could see a green Lexus passenger vehicle overturn behind the response vehicle. The paramedics immediately turned the vehicle around and responded to the overturned vehicle which [...]

Accident claims 2 lives near Polokwane

[Polokwane 03 January 2012 17:30] Paramedics from the ER24 Polokwane base rushed to the scene of a terrible accident approximately 20 kilometers south of Polokwane itself on the R101. Two vehicles had collided head on and both vehicles were found at the side of the road, crumpled as a result of the impact. A man [...]

Single Vehicle Accident Leaves Passenger With Critical Injuries

[VEREENIGING – 01 JANUARY 2012 AT 17H45] About 20km outside of Vereeniging on the Vereeniging – Potchefstroom Road, a single vehicle lost control and rolled numerous times and went down an embankment leaving one person in a critical condition and three others with minor injuries this afternoon. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

2 killed 3 injured in 2 accidents in JHB East

[Johannesburg East 24 December 2011 19:00 - 21:00] Two accidents between 19:00 and 21:00 in the Eastern areas of Johannesburg has left 2 dead and another 3 with various injuries. The first if the two accidents happened on Elgin Road in Kempton Park where two vehicles collided head on. The cause of the accident is [...]