Crisis Medical Paramedics were called to an Accident scene on 3 July at around midday, first to arrive on scene, paramedics found a driver trapped in his vehicle that had collided with the pillar of the M41 bridge on the M4. After the driver was extricated from the vehicle, CPR was initiated and paramedics worked hard for over 30 minutes to attempt to revive the 50 year old male from Pretoria.
Advanced Life Support Paramedic declared death after an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt.
Traffic was severely affected on the M4 North bound, and re-routed via Umhlanga for a FULL investigation of the incident by SAPS, who were on scene.
Issued by: Neil Powell
Crisis Medical Media Spokesman