Accidents

Two dead in Durban Horror crash

KwaZulu-Natal: At 04H35 Sunday morning Netcare 911 responded to reports of a serious collision on Chris Hani Road R102 opposite the Woodview cemetery in Cornubia North of Durban.

Reports from the scene indicate that a car and a bakkie were involved in a collision.

Medics assessed the scene and found that one person from the bakkie believed to be a passenger as well as a back seat passenger from the car sustained fatal injuries and were sadly declared deceased on the scene.

Two dead in Durban Horror crash

The drivers of both vehicles sustained serious injuries and were severely entrapped needing the Ethekwini Fire and Rescue Services to use hydraulic tools to free them from the wreckage.

In total six patients from the collision sustained moderate to serious injuries.

An adult male from the car had sustained life threatening injuries and required the care of an Emergency Care Practitioner and with Reaction Unit South Africa managed stabilise him.

Due to the nature of the man’s injuries, the Netcare 5 specialised helicopter ambulance was activated to airlift the man to a specialist facility foe the treatment he required.

Shawn Herbst
Media Liaison Officer
Netcare Limited
Netcare 911

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