Wet weather kept Netcare911 Paramedics running from pillar to post across the eThekwini Metro today, responding to over fifteen reported motor vehicle accidents.
In the more serious collisions several people were injured. A woman was seriously injured when her car left the M13 east bound carriageway near Essex Terrace. It is thought that she lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a bend in wet weather.
Her car spun from the road and pushed through the grassed centre median and into oncoming traffic, narrowly missing oncoming cars and coming to rest at the roadside.
She was treated and stabilised by Netcare911 Paramedics at the scene before she was transported to a Westville Hospital for further care.
In another incident an SUV collided with a Toyota Aurus in the intersection of Archery and Ganess Roads, Clairwood.
It is thought that the driver of the Aurus steered her car from a side road into Archery Road, in front of the path of the SUV.
The woman driving the car was seriously injured, along with the driver and passenger of the SUV. They were treated at the scene by Netcare911 and EMRS Paramedics before they were transported by ambulance to hospital for comprehensive hospital treatment.
One man was seriously injured on Wakesleigh Road near Edwin Swales (M7) when the car he was driving collided with another vehicle in a staggered junction.
It is alleged that one man failed to stop at the junction and both parties proceeded simultaneously. One man sustained head and spinal trauma and was transported to the King Edward VIII hospital by ambulance.
Collisions were attended by Netcare911 Paramedics in the following locations.
Brand & Moore Roads
Stanger & Somtsue Roads
Bolton and Spencer Roads
Umgeni Road near Connaught Bridge
Umgeni Road near Durban Station
M7 near Makro
M4 South bound carriageway near the airport
N2 & M1
M13 Essex Terrace
M41 Umhlanga Ridge
Umhlanga Rocks Drive outside the hospital
Jeffrey Wicks
Netcate 911
