Three Car Pile Up on N1 Atterbury

A young mother and her one year old child have sustained serious injuries after their Hyundai sedan collided with a bakkie and a BMW on the N1 near the Atterbury exit. Paramedics on their way to the scene said that the traffic was so severe, and was backed up from Rigel. They struggled to get through the cars to the accident.

It seems that the Hyundai had rolled, and the thirty year old mother was still entrapped in the car when paramedics arrived. She had to be cut out of her driver's seat with the Jaws of Life. She was in a critical condition, and paramedics had to place her on a manual ventilator and stabilise her as best they could while she was being removed from the car wreckage. The one year old baby girl was being treated by the other paramedics after being rapidly removed from the car. She seemed to be in a stable condition, but on arrival at hospital, started deteriorating and doctors had to fiercely fight to stabilise her further.

The woman was also treated for serious chest injuries but was still critical when she was handed over to hospital staff.

There were no other injuries reported from the other two vehicles. It is still unclear as to how many people were actually involved in the accident, as paramedics also saw a concertina bus on the scene which had minimal damage to the body.

Emergency services all worked together to ensure the safety of the scene as well as rapid clearance of the debris in order to allow traffic to flow. Traffic was though still severely affected in both directions.