Kimberley-At around 5am this morning, paramedics in the Northern Cape responded to two separate serious collisions.

The first happened on the N12 outside of Kimberley, where approximately fourty kilometers outside of town in the direction of Johannesburg, a taxi collided into the back of a bakkie. The bakkie is believed to have been abandoned and stationary at the side of the highway.

“The taxi collided with such force that the front of the taxi was left extensively crushed and the driver was trapped in his seat” Er24 spokesperson said. “He had been the only occupant of the taxi at the time, and upon arrival of paramedics he needed immediate treatment” Vanessa Jackson said.

Paramedics said the left side of his body and especially his leg, had been crushed by the dashboard and steering wheel being pushes forward and into the drivers compartment by the impact. 

“Although awake and talking to paramedics, he was in a lot of pain and he was bleeding from his injuries” Paramedics said.

While the Kimberley Fire Department team used the Jaws of Life to remove the wreckage from around him, paramedics continued his treatment where he sat. 

After a long battle to remove the man, he was safely in the back of an ambulance and he was taken to hospital for further care.

“Around the same time, two vehicles collided on the N14 outside of Upington”.

“Approximately five kilometers outside of town, a VW Polo which is believed to have been travelling towards Upington, collided with a Toyota Verso which was travelling in the direction of Keimoes” Vanessa Jackson said.

Upon arrival, paramedics found the Polo had appeared to have collided into the side of the Verso and then overturned into a tree. 

The four young adults in the Polo, two men and two women appearing to be around the age of 22, did not survive their injuries and the four were trapped in the wreckage said Jackson. 

“There were no signs of life and they were declared dead” she said.

There had been a family of six adults in the Verso and they had fortunately been left with minor or moderate injuries following the impact. 

They were treated on scene an transported to the nearby Mediclinic for further care.

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