Car ploughs into Harley bikers
2005-04-10 21:57
Pretoria - A man is in a critical condition and four other people were seriously injured after a car ploughed into a group of about 35 Harley-Davidson motorbikes on the N1 highway south of Pretoria on Sunday.
One of the bikers, Clive Woods, dragged his wife to safety.
Johan Pieterse, spokesperson for the Tswane emergency services, said among those who were seriously injured was a six-year-old boy.
All of the injured were taken to the Unitas Hospital.
The driver of the car was slightly injured.
Pieterse said, according to eyewitnesses, the driver was apparently busy talking on his cellphone when the accident happened.
"He drove into the barricade on the right-hand side, lost control of the vehicle and ploughed into the motorbikes."
Debbie and Deon Naudé were right behind the motorbikes when the accident happened.
"I saw two motorbikes sliding across the road and people rolling from the central lane to the side of the road.
"My husband had to brake hard, else we would have gone over them," she said.
Alfred Shaku, driver of the vehicle, alleged that shortly after the accident, some of the motorbike riders attacked him.
"They hit me against the ground and kicked me in the head.
"Another man intervened. He saved my life."