Three children killed in head-on collision
Three children killed in head-on collision… At 20H06 Sunday night, Netcare 911 responded to a collision on the R42 in Meyerton, Johannesburg.
Reports indicate that a truck and car were involved in a head-on collision. On the scene were fire and rescue services, traffic police, ER24 and the saps. Medics assessed the scene and found that two male minors and one minor female had sustained fatal injuries and were sadly declared deceased on the scene.
An adult female had sustained critical injuries and was treated on scene by advanced life support paramedics before being airlifted by Netcare 911 helicopter to the hospital for further care. The relevant authorities will investigate the circumstances leading up to the incident.
In Other News – Cyclist struck by car is in critical condition
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. Read More
In More 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
