Hilux Rolls After Side Impact

A Hyundai sedan collided into the side of a Toyota Hilux double cab bakkie at the corners of Northcoast and Rinaldo roads in Durban. It seems that one of the vehicles was turning into the lane when the collision occurred.

The impact caused the Hilux to roll, but the driver was fortunately uninjured in the collision, and after being assessed by paramedics, said that he would prefer to go to his private doctor at a later stage if the need arose. The Hyundai  moderately damaged in the front, but only the driver's door would open. The male driver of the vehicle sustained only a small amount of abrasions, and also refused transportation by ambulance to hospital.

The woman who was sitting in the passenger seat was unable to get out of the vehicle, and was complaining of neck and back pain. The Fire and Rescue services had to bring the Jaws of Life, in order to cut away at the metal to remove the patient from her vehicle. The process took approximately twenty minutes, and the woman remained stable and alert throughout.

ER24 paramedics placed the woman onto neck and back stabilising equipment and transported her to hospital for further assessment and treatment.