Rescue workers use jaws-of-life
The cause of the collision is not yet known but local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
ER24 paramedics transported two people – one critically injured – to a nearby hospital for further treatment, after four vehicles collided at the Heidelburg and Van Dyk Road intersection in Leondale, south of Johannesburg on Tuesday October 11.
When paramedics from the ER24 Jhb South branch arrived on the scene, they found the four vehicles in the middle of the busy intersection. A wrecked light motor vehicle was found lying partially beneath a bakkie.
On assessment, paramedics found one man walking around on the scene while another lay trapped inside the light motor vehicle in a critical condition.
Rescue workers had to use the jaws-of-life to free the man from the vehicle, cutting away most of the vehicle’s roof.
Once freed, paramedics treated both patients and provided the critically injured man with advanced life support interventions.
It’s believed that two other patients were transported by another emergency service, prior to the arrival of ER24 paramedics.
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