Five Car Pile Up Leaves One Dead

Five cars were involved in the collision on the R24 in Edenvale between the Barbara and Edenvale offramps.

A truck, taxi, bakkie, 4x4 and a sedan collided with each other leaving one person with fatal injuries. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Another patient sustained critical injuries, he had multiple fractures to his arm, and had lost movement and sensation in that arm. He was also complaining of pain in his back and neck and was stabilised on scene before being transported to hospital by the ER24 Discovery Medicopter.

A further nine patients sustained minor to moderate injuries including back and neck injuries, and others minor scrapes and bruises. Two children, ages seven months and two years old, are included into the total patients. ER24 paramedics explained that the babies were crying, but after assessment they could find no physical injuries and would be transported to a nearby hospital for further assessment and monitoring. The other seven patients, including the children's' mother were also transported to various hospitals by road ambulances.

The cause of the collision is not known, but the Metro Police were on scene to investigate