Bakkie Rolls Killing Four

It appears that a bakkie carrying fifteen people lost control in a bend in Church Street in Bloemfontein causing it to roll. According to ER24 paramedics on the scene, the bakkie did not have a canopy, and the occupants at the back of the vehicle were thrown off while it rolled. When paramedics arrived on the scene, there was debris and patients scattered everywhere, and they immediately got to work assessing the injured.

Sadly, four men people lost their lives in the accident after having suffered multiple fatal injuries. There was nothing more that the paramedics could do for them and they were declared deceased on the scene. A woman needed to be stabilised by an Advanced Life Support paramedic, as she had sustained critical injuries, she was further placed on manual ventilation and rushed to a local private hospital. She may have sustained a severe head injury and multiple other traumatic injuries.

Four men and two women were treated for possible back and neck injuries, and were placed on spinal immobilisation equipment. A further three men and a woman were treated for minor injuries. All patients were transported to nearby hospitals for further assessment and treatment.