Durban – Saturday night turned out to be exceptionally busy for KwaZulu-Natal emergency rescue services (EMS) paramedics, with multiple crashes across the province.
One of the crashes involved a truck and a light delivery vehicle on the R56 near the Eston turn-off, EMS spokesman Robert Mckenzie said in a statement.
Three people were injured, two of them critically, one of whom had to be extricated from the vehicle by the fire department.
In Edendale, on the Edendale road, a pedestrian was fatally injured after being hit by a vehicle, and on the old Wartburg road a collision between two cars resulted in three people sustaining injuries, he said.
Another accident on the Edendale road, involving two cars, left two people with minor injuries, who did not want to be taken to hospital after being examined by paramedics.
A crash at the R56 and Newport Road intersection involving two cars fortunately resulted in no injuries, but left the road obstructed.
On the N3 south-bound at the Tweedie off-ramp, a crash involving a minibus left 12 people with minor injuries. The patients were treated by paramedics from several ambulance services, Mckenzie said.
On the Bishopstown road a crash involving a single vehicle did not result in any injuries, but a car that overturned on the N3 south-bound at the Peter Brown off-ramp left several people injured.
At Cragieburn on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, a crash involving two cars resulted in two fatalities. Two other critically injured patients were treated at the scene and transported to hospital. One of these patients had to be freed from the crushed vehicle using the jaws of life, he said.
In the Umzinyathi district, a crash involving a car which overturned in the Forestdale area near Dundee left four patients injured.
In the Harry Gwala district on the Creighton road a crash at about 8.17pm involving a car and a bakkie left two people seriously injured, while seven others were treated for minor injuries.
In the Umkhanyakude district in the Manguzi Skhemelele area, a crash at about 6.40pm between a car and a bakkie resulted in one fatality and five other patients were treated by EMS paramedics. Two of the patients were in a critical condition
A crash involving two cars near Escourt at Wembesi town resulted in two fatalities, and six patients were treated at the scene, Mckenzie said.
African News Agency