Four people were killed and several others critically injured in two accidents in the Stellenbosch area, Western Cape paramedics said on Monday. The accidents occurred seven hours apart and within 10km of one another on Sunday, ER24 spokesperson Vanessa Jackson said. On the R44 just after the Klapmuts turn off around 22:00, a woman driving [...]
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A photo from the horrific accident on the R21 has been provided by Chris Botha.
A twenty five year old woman is in a serious condition after being knocked down by a bakkie on Underwood Road, just outside Pinetown this morning. ER24 paramedics rushed to the scene and found the woman lying on the pavement, with the bakkie stationary just a few meters away from the scene. Paramedics assessed the [...]
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One person died and two others, including a child, were injured when a bakkie overturned on the R304, near the Lichtenberg Road crossing, at the back of Durbanville. When emergency services arrived on the scene they found a lady, estimated to be in her late twenties, had been ejected from the bakkie and was in [...]
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Three people were seriously injured after a taxi collided into a stationary bakkie on West Street in Durban’s CBD, early this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find a taxi lying on its side blocking two lanes of the road and a bakkie completely destroyed in a parking bay next to the taxi. [...]
A collision involving an articulated truck and a bakkie on the M7 Edwin Swales Drive this morning left five people injured, one man critically. It is thought that the articulated truck with no load had been heading west when the bakkie turned across its path in the Titren Road junction. The truck slammed into the [...]
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One man was seriously injured when his bakkie left the N3 Durban bound carriageway near the Spaghetti interchange this morning. The man was thrown from the bakkie and pinned beneath the wheels when it came to rest. eThekwini Metro Firefighters, Metro Police and Netcare911 Paramedics managed to life the bakkie from the man while he [...]
One person was seriously injured after three bakkies collided at the intersection of Swart Koppies and Gordon roads in Alberto this afternoon at around 13h00. Details of the accident is still vague but is is alledged that the one bakkie came through the intersection, slammed into the side of another bakkie causing it to flip into [...]
Two people are in a critical condition while another has sustained serious injuries in an accident on the R102 ( old Warm Baths road ) at around 11h50 this morning. When paramedics arrived at the scene they found that two trucks and a bakkie collided with each other on the R102 near the Mill. One of [...]
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Four people were seriously injured in a head on collision on the M4 near Umhlanga this morning. It is believed that a bakkie came into the on coming lane and collided head on into two other vehicles. Paramedics from Netcare 911 arrived on scene and found that four people were seriously injured in this horrific accident. All [...]
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