A motorcyclist is in a critical condition following an accident on Verwoerd Road near Meyerton. The accident took place in the direction from Meyerton to Heidelberg.
Netcare 911 paramedics and other services arrived at the scene and found a motorcyclist lying on the ground. Reports from the scene indicate that the motorcycle was rear-ended by a motor vehicle.
Upon assessment of the twenty-four-year-old man, paramedics found that the man sustained critical injuries following the accident.
The Netcare1 helicopter was activated to airlift the critically injured man to hospital for the urgent medical care that he required.
Exact detail surrounding the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.
The occupants of the motor vehicle were not injured during the accident.