POTCHEFSTROOM 4 February 2012, 08:00 ER24 paramedic in Potchefstroom have been kept busy today with a flurry of road related emergencies. The first incident occurred at 05:30 this morning when a minibus taxi veered from the road allegedly to avoid colliding with a buck. The minibus taxi overturned in the veld. A total of 13 [...]
STELLENBERG 3 February 2012, 08:30 1 Driver sustained serious injuries and 12 other individuals were injured following a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a bakkie on Faitrees rd in Stellenberg this morning. The cause of the collision is unknown, but it seems as if the minibus taxi and the bakkie had collided head-on. [...]
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[SOMERSET WEST – 02 FEBRUARY 2012 AT 17H30] A driver of a light motor vehicle has been killed and two other people from a bakkie have sustained serious injuries after a collision on the N2 direction Cape Town near the Sir Lowry’s Pass this afternoon. ER24 and Western Cape Provincial Department of Health Emergency Medical [...]
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We would like to share the contents of an email sent to the Arrive Alive website requesting assistance in Lenasia. This was also forwarded to the road authorities in Gauteng for a response and action: “WE need YOUR help to make Lenasia’s roads safer. Recently a young child lost his life on our roads. We, [...]
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KATHU 2 February 2012, 15:45 3 people have died and 28 others sustained various injuries following a 5 vehicle pileup on the N14 highway approximately 10 kilometers outside of Kathu. The cause of the collision is unknown, but it seems as if a minibus taxi had collided with the rear of a passenger vehicle. The [...]
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We wish to invite you to register for our Annual Road Transport Legislation Workshop. This year we will, as always, address the legislation on road traffic and transport that have been amended during the past year. Due to numerous requests for an electronic version of our National Road Traffic Act Compilation and other course documents [...]
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We would like to share a request for assistance: “”I’m working on a project for a series of television commercials and am looking for real-life people who have experienced injuries or accidents in specific settings. Do you know of anyone who had had a car accident because they were distracted? I.e putting on lipstick or [...]
[MIDLANDS – 30 JANUARY 2012 AT 14H20] A farm worker believed to be in his 50’s has been killed after the tractor that he was riding on over turned on Caversham Valley Road in the Midlands near to Howick this afternoon. ER24 paramedics from Pietermaritzburg arrived on the scene to find the tractor lying on [...]
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SARON 30 January 2012, 07:00 8 People have died and 48 others sustained various injuries after a truck, allegedly transporting farm workers, collided with a bridge on the R44 approximately 8 kilometers from Gouda. As Emergency Medical Personnel arrived at the scene they could see that the collision was severe. The cause of the collision [...]
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[Bloemfontein 28/29 Januray 2012 between 22:30 and 06:30] 3 separate accidents in the Bloemfontein surrounding area has left 1 persondead and another 12 people with various injuries. At around 22:30 a Mercedes sedan and Mazda sports car collided head on, on First Avenue. The cause of the accident is not known but the driver and [...]
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