KWAZULU-NATAL. – Three people were critically injured on Thursday evening when a light motor vehicle collided with a bridge railing on the N2 near Tinley Manor. The driver was trapped in the wreckage, while one passenger was ejected from the vehicle and landed beneath the bridge.
Kelsey Jae-Meyrick, IPSS Medical Rescue spokesperson, said the driver was freed from the wreckage by the KwaDukuza Fire Department and stabilised by an advanced life support paramedic. The driver was then transported to a hospital.
A rope system was set up by IPSS Search and Rescue volunteers to retrieve the ejected passenger with the KwaDukuza Fire Department from beneath the bridge to the road surface. The passenger was then transported by another private ambulance service, while the third occupant was also stabilised at the scene and transported for further treatment.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
