Cyclist struck by car… At 06H56 Sunday morning, Netcare 911 responded to a collision on the M5, near the Cradle of Humankind in the West Rand.
Reports indicate that a cyclist, partaking in a race, was struck down by a motorist. Medics assessed the scene and found the patient, an adult male, in a serious condition.
The patient was treated on scene by emergency care practitioners. Once stabilized, the patient was flown by Netcare 2 helicopter to a specialised trauma unit.
In Other News – Five Argentine rugby players sentenced to life for shocking murder
A court in Argentina on Monday sentenced five amateur rugby players from the same team to life imprisonment for beating a teenager to death in a crime with alleged racist undertones.
Three more defendants were sentenced to 15 years in prison for “secondary participation” in the murder of Fernando Baez Sosa, a law student from a Paraguayan immigrant family, outside a disco three years ago.
The high-profile four-week trial at the court in Dolores, 220 kilometers (140 miles) south of Buenos Aires, turned the spotlight on classism and racism in the country and even sparked protests in several cities.
The eight defendants, now aged between 21 and 23, had been charged with “doubly aggravated murder” after pummelling Baez, then 18, to death in the popular seaside resort of Villa Gesell on January 18, 2020. Read More
