The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has amended the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS). The convention seeks to promote safety when transporting goods at sea. The amendments which came into effect on 1 July 2016 apply globally. The new regulation applies to all packed containers to which the International […]
Four people were injured this afternoon, one critically, after a taxi and truck collided at the Lenasia and Albert Drive intersection in Lenasia. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after 17h00 and found both the truck and taxi in the middle of the road. Both vehicles had sustained a […]
On Monday morning at 08h24 Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a truck that overturned on the R26 between Bethlehem and Lindley in the Free State. Reports indicate that the truck had slid off the snow-covered road and overturned. Paramedics arrived at the scene and found that the driver had sustained […]
The driver of this truck and his assistant sustained moderate injuries after it left the road and overturned on the N1 South just after Church Street, Bloemfontein late Saturday evening. Both were treated on scene before they were transported to Pelonomi Hospital for further care. Stanley Schimper Trauma Response […]
Last night Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a collision on the N2 near Mvoti in Stanger on the Natal north coast. Reports from the scene indicate that a truck and a car collided, exact detail to the cause of the crash and preceding events is still speculative and will form […]
EMER-G-MED’s RV5 and A10 are on the scene of a serious truck crash, where the truck is alleged to have lost control in the bend, overturned and collided with the barrier on the R23 offramp – in Heidelberg. At 09:50 EMER-G-MED paramedics were dispatched to the scene, arriving minutes later […]
Crisis Medical paramedics responded to a call for a truck that was in flames on the N2 North before Kwa-Mashu shortly after 09:15 this morning. On arrival paramedics found that a truck had caught alight while travelling North bound. On further investigation it was clear that both occupants of the […]
Hino South Africa, driven by its very successful global Total Support programme, has recently achieved excellent results in two, recent competitive surveys. Importantly Hino has retained its No. 1 position in the combined Scott Byers Competitive Customer Satisfaction Monitor for the sixth successive quarter. Hino also placed top in the […]
Earlier this afternoon EMER-G-MED’s M03 and A01 attended to a collision on President Fouche & 3rd, in Bromhof. One person sustained moderate injuries after a truck rear-ended a light delivery vehicle. The patient was treated on-scene before being transported to hospital for further assessment.
Earlier Wednesday afternoon EMER-G-MED’s M01 and A11 responded to reports of a bus crash on Empire and Queens, in Parktown. Paramedics arrived on-scene to find that a bus had gone through a wall, allegedly after it’s brakes failed. Fortunately the driver, and only occupant of the bus, was uninjured in […]
