Central SA
Five injured in Vanderbijlpark crash─── 07:53 Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Five people have been injured in a collision between a security van and a bakkie on Ravel Street in Vanderbijlpark on Saturday.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene along with SAPS at 09:29 to find the driver of the bakkie, a 24-year-old man, lying in the road.
Two children of 3 or 4 years of age had been removed from the vehicle and were in the arms of onlookers.
The man had suffered critical injuries and required Advanced Life Support interventions to stabilise his condition.
He was flown by another private service's medical helicopter to a private hospital for further emergency care.
The two children, a boy and a girl, had suffered serious injuries and also required ALS care before being transported to Mediclinic Emfuleni for further treatment.
Two security guards from the van were found to have suffered minor injuries and were also treated and transported to hospital by another service on the scene.
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