A collision that occurred at the corners of Forest Drive and Silver Tree of Estier River in Cape Town has left a passenger with minor injuries and the driver was in a critical condition but passed away moments later after arriving at hospital due to his injuries. The incident took place in the early hours of this morning.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found a bakkie had crashed into a tree before crashing into a fence. The passenger, believed to be a female had sustained minor injuries had been transported by Metro to Bay Hospital. The driver believed to be in his late thirty’s had just being freed by the Fire Department after been entrapped for almost forty five minutes.
The driver had sustained critical head and chest injuries and needed advanced life support intervention. The patient was intubated and placed on a ventilator on the scene. While paramedics were trying to stabilise the man further, he started to deteriorate and CPR had to be started. Emergency personnel were able to get a pulse back and rushed him off to hospital but unfortunately he lost the fight due to his injuries and passed away moments later in the trauma unit.
It is unclear what caused the driver to lose control but the necessary authorities were on the scene and would investigate the incident further.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found a bakkie had crashed into a tree before crashing into a fence. The passenger, believed to be a female had sustained minor injuries had been transported by Metro to Bay Hospital. The driver believed to be in his late thirty’s had just being freed by the Fire Department after been entrapped for almost forty five minutes.
The driver had sustained critical head and chest injuries and needed advanced life support intervention. The patient was intubated and placed on a ventilator on the scene. While paramedics were trying to stabilise the man further, he started to deteriorate and CPR had to be started. Emergency personnel were able to get a pulse back and rushed him off to hospital but unfortunately he lost the fight due to his injuries and passed away moments later in the trauma unit.
It is unclear what caused the driver to lose control but the necessary authorities were on the scene and would investigate the incident further.
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