There was carnage on the R21 just before Pomona road tonight just after 20h00 which left 5 people injured, one critically so. Although the exact details are still for police investigation, an eyewitness report shows that the Ford Fiesta was traveling on the R21 towards Pretoria when disaster struck. It appears that the driver of the Fiesta lost control of his vehicle, collided with the concrete barriers on the left, then hurtled across the highway and smashed through the concrete centre median.
The remainder of the detail is still speculative but when Netcare 911 paramedics arrived on scene they found the crumpled remains of 5 vehicles spread over the north and south bound carriageways of the R21. After triaging paramedics established that the driver of the Fiesta was critically injured while two other people sustained serious injuries. A further 2 miraculously escaped with only minor injuries.
Emergency personnel worked feverishly to stabilise all the injured before transporting them to various hospitals in the area for further medical care .
Chris Botha
Netcare 911
