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Two die in three-car pile up
23/03/2008 08:09 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Two people died and three were injured - two of them seriously - in a three-car pile-up on the N1 south near the Grasmere toll plaza on Saturday night, said ER24.
The cause of the collision, three kilometres after the toll plaza, was not known said spokesperson Riana Beech.
She said the N1 south was closed to traffic while one of the injured was airlifted to hospital. The others were taken by ambulance.
In a separate crash in Roodepoort on Saturday afternoon, an elderly couple and a pregnant woman were injured after their cars collided in Discovery at 15:00.
The pregnant woman's car hit the side of the elderly couple's vehicle, said Beech. "The elderly male driver of the Mercedes had to be extricated by using hydraulic rescue equipment," she said.
He sustained chest injuries and was in a serious, but stable condition in Life Flora Clinic. His wife was treated for shock and minor injuries.
Male pedestrian dies
Beech said the pregnant woman was in a stable condition in a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, in Bedfordview, a milk truck ran over a pedestrian, who was then hit by a Toyota Tazz, said Ekurhuleni metro police spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng.
The 18-year old male pedestrian died. The driver of the truck was caught by tow-truck drivers after the vehicle overturned in Modderfontein Road after a 30-minute chase along the N12 east, he said.
Netcare 911 had responded to at least 285 accidents on the country's roads since the start of the Easter weekend said spokesperson Nick Dollman.
These included 248 motor vehicle collisions and 37 pedestrian collisions. Most were in Johannesburg and Natal.
In an incident in Cape Town, four people died and 16 were injured - one critically - on Saturday morning, after a car collided with a minibus taxi in Durbanville, he said.
The 16 injured were taken to the Groote Schuur and Tygerberg hospitals.
WC reports 11 fatalities
In KwaZulu-Natal, two men died and four people were injured after a car ploughed into an embankment on the N2 south, closing the road to traffic for an hour, said road traffic inspectorate spokesperson Zinhle Mngomezulu.
The injured were airlifted to Albert Luthuli Hospital. "Drugs were found in one of the dead men's pockets and alcohol bottles were found in the vehicle."
There had been 14 accidents in which 23 people had died in Durban since the start of the Easter weekend, she said. There had been 11 fatalities on the roads of the Western Cape, said its community safety spokesperson Makhaya Mani.
In the Eastern Cape, one person died and nine others were seriously injured on Friday morning after a driver lost control of his vehicle on the N2 between Dutywa and Mthatha.
Traffic safety spokesperson Tsepo Machaea said the bakkie was on its way from Tsolo to Port Elizabeth. In a separate incident, two people died on the N9 between Graaff Reinett and Middelburg after their vehicle overturned.
- SAPA
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