Accidents

Two occupants escape serious injury when car leaves road

KwaZulu-Natal: At 17H16 Friday afternoon Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on the R603 Umbumbulu on the KZN South Coast.

Reports from the scene indicate that the driver of a light motor vehicle left the road, crashing into a junction box.

The occupants of the car, both adult females sustained minor injuries.

The patients were assessed and declined ambulance transportation to hospital.

All necessary authorities were on scene.

Shawn Herbst
Media Liaison Officer
Netcare Limited
Netcare 911

In other news – Power cuts in George after 3-year-old electrocuted

The George municipality in the Western Cape said on Friday that it was forced to cut power to the Dube area after the electrocution of a three-year-old earlier this week. The toddler died on Wednesday after being electrocuted due to an illegal power connection.

3-year-old electrocuted

The municipality said the little girl had “touched a wire running from a homemade ‘electricity distribution box’ which was put together in an illegal, primitive and unsafe way”. Following this incident, the municipality was forced to switch off the power supply as it inspected the area for other illegal connections. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the municipality has a responsibility to maintain a safe electrical network and may therefore not reinstate power unless all illegal connections on the line have been cleared. Read more