A twenty nine year male was entrapped inside his vehicle after crashing it into two walls at the corners of Old Main and Vanderstel road in Somerset West in the early hours of this morning.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find a light motor vehicle lying partly on its roof with the drivers arm entrapped underneath it. Advanced Life Support Intervention was performed on the patient while Metro Fire and Rescue used specialised equipment to stabilise the vehicle. The Jaws Of Life and other hydraulic equipment was used to extricate the patient from the vehicle. The patient who was almost entrapped for more than an hour was finally freed and had suffered a possible broken shoulder and severe pain to the right arm. Paramedics stabilised the patient before transporting him to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.
It is believed that the driver was trying to get away from the police before crashing his car into the outer perimeter wall of a block of flats, causing the car to catapult into the air and crashing into the inner wall which joins the block of flats. Behind the wall was the parking area for the residence. Another vehicle and a few windows from the ground floor block of flats were damaged in the impact. The driver has been detained by the SAPS for questioning.
It is believed that this is the second time in many months that a vehicle has crashed into this wall. The first time was a taxi accident.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find a light motor vehicle lying partly on its roof with the drivers arm entrapped underneath it. Advanced Life Support Intervention was performed on the patient while Metro Fire and Rescue used specialised equipment to stabilise the vehicle. The Jaws Of Life and other hydraulic equipment was used to extricate the patient from the vehicle. The patient who was almost entrapped for more than an hour was finally freed and had suffered a possible broken shoulder and severe pain to the right arm. Paramedics stabilised the patient before transporting him to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.
It is believed that the driver was trying to get away from the police before crashing his car into the outer perimeter wall of a block of flats, causing the car to catapult into the air and crashing into the inner wall which joins the block of flats. Behind the wall was the parking area for the residence. Another vehicle and a few windows from the ground floor block of flats were damaged in the impact. The driver has been detained by the SAPS for questioning.
It is believed that this is the second time in many months that a vehicle has crashed into this wall. The first time was a taxi accident.
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