Posts Tagged ‘accident’

Police in Spain use road crash to catch bank robber

This incident took place in Spain. Apparently the Spanish police agreed to placate a ‘bank hostage’ situation by allowing the radical to ‘escape’ uninhibited. He was allowed to walk out of the bank in the company of 2 hostages. As requested, the police provided him with a motorcycle and free access to the motorcycle. Then, [...]

15 People Injured After Collision In Howick

[HOWICK – 30 JANUARY 2012 AT 10H00] 15 people have sustained injuries after a collision between two light motor vehicles and a taxi at the intersection of Howard Street and Howick main Road in Howick CBD area this morning. ER24 and EMRS arrived on the scene to find the taxi on its side and the [...]

6 Injured on Saturday night in accidents in Bloemfontein

Six people sustained various injuries and were transported to various hospitals in Bloemfontein by ER24 and Netcare911 when two vehicles colided at the corners of Nelson Mandela and Melville drive late Saturday night. Stanley Schimper Trauma Response Africa Powered by Volvo Bloemfontein

Man Dies After Falling Off Roof in Westville

[Westville - 17 January 2012 at 13H00] A gentleman believed to be in his late 50′s and an owner of a garden refuses service has died, while cutting tree branches and allegedly falling off a three story house in Westville this afternoon. ER24 paramedics were called to the scene and found the man lying on [...]

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

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 [...]

17 month old baby knocked by a car

[Bloemfontein 24 December 2011 20:00] A 17 month old baby boy was knocked by a car as he was in the road in the informal settlement, Freedom Square, in Bloemfontein. It is not immediately clear as to why the baby was in the road in the first place, but it is believed that the mother [...]

Collision Leaves 13 Injured On Edendale Road

[PIETERMARITZBURG – 23 DECEMBER 2011 AT 09H00] 13 people have been injured after two motor vehicles collided into one another on Edendale Road in the direction of Pietermaritzburg this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the two vehicles in the middle of the road with extensive damage to both. The commuters from [...]

Truck Accident Leaves one Dead between Keyridge and Peacevale

[SHONGWENI – 20 DECEMBER 2011 AT 15H45] A collision between two trucks has taken place on the N3 Pietermaritzburg bound between Keyridge and Peacevale this afternoon. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found a truck had rear ended another truck in the left hand and second lane of the freeway. Emergency personnel assessed the [...]