Posts Tagged ‘Bloemfontein’

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

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

Female injured in skydiving incident at Bloemfontein

BLOEMFONTEIN 19 November 2011, 15:45 A 23 year old female sustained some injuries this afternoon during a skydiving incident in Bloemfontein. ER24 paramedics received a call out to an airfield in Bansvlei. The female skydiver was allegedly overcome by a gust of wind upon landing on the ground and lost control of her parachute. The [...]

Collision Outside Bloemfontein Leaves One Dead

[Bloemfontein - 03 November 2011 at 06H00] A head on collision on the Brandfort Road about 35km outside Bloemfontein involving two vehicles has left one person dead and another person with serious injuries. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found both vehicles in the road. Both drivers were still in the vehicles but unfortunately [...]

Four Killed, 46 Injured in Bus Crash

A bus transporting 50 people overturned on the N8 approximately 4 kilometres outside of Bloemfontein this morning. It is not clear what caused the accident, but it is suspected that the bus may have had mechanical failure before the driver lost control. The bus then crashed off the road and overturned onto its side. 4 [...]

Narrow escape in small aircraft emergency landing outside Bloemfontein

The Arrive Alive Website received photos of a narrow escape by two road safety friends after they were forced to make an emergency landing in a small aircraft. They experienced engine vibrations, loss of power and had to perform an emergency landing on the fire path of a farm on Thursday afternoon. Andre Botha, who [...]

Zimbabwean national killed in road accident

A visitor to the Arrive Alive Website emailed photos of a fatal accident approximately 40km’s south of Bloemfontein on the N1. A body was still on the road surface covered by a blanket. Update -Report: A 70 year old Zimbabwean man died and 5 others were injured in a rear-end smash on the N 1 [...]

Shooting at Mangaung traffic centre leaves one dead

A shooting at the Mangaung traffic testing centre in Bloemfontein yesterday left one person dead and another critically injured. Details of the shooting are still speculative and will remain a subject for police investigation. Netcare 911 paramedics arrived on scene and found a male and female both in their 20,s with serious gunshot wounds. The [...]

14 escape from taxi fire in Bloemfontein

14 People, including 2 pregnant ladies escaped from a burning taxi in Bloemfontein. The taxi was filled up with petrol and passengers and on the way to Kimberley when police officials noticed flames and alerted the driver of the vehicle! When Mr Reuben Motlhabane [the taxi driver] stopped at traffic lights a police vehicle stopped next [...]