A 33-year-old man has suffered serious to critical injuries and two other men minor to moderate injuries in a collision between a light delivery truck and a bakkie on the R42 between Vereeniging and Heidelberg earlier today.
ER24 paramedics were on the scene at around 12h00 along with Midvaal Fire and Traffic Departments. A small bakkie was found on its roof with its front bonnet under a delivery truck carrying a load of sand. The 33-year-old driver was found entrapped in the bakkie and Midvaal Fire & Rescue were needed to extract the man from the wreck. The patient was found to have suffered a number of fractures and was treated using Advanced Life Support interventions before being transported to Mediclinic Vereeniging for further care.
Two men from the delivery truck were found walking around on scene having suffered minor to moderate injuries. They were treated and transported to Kopanong Hospital for further care.
Three injured in vehicle collision on the R42 between Vereeniging and Heidelberg https://t.co/yHDpfZIxkH #ArriveAlive @ER24EMS pic.twitter.com/IKHjhWcdW0
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