A head-on collision between a heavy goods vehicle and a car left one man dead and three others traumatised at around midnight along the Bapsfontein road. It is purported that the truck with a load of cement was traveling towards Bapsfontein when a car coming from the opposite direction veered into his path and smashed head on into the truck. Both vehicles hurtled of the road and came to rest about 100 meters apart in the felt next to the roadway
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived on scene to find debris from the car and truck scattered along the roadway for about a hundred meters. The driver of the vehicle was still trapped in the twisted remains of his car. Tragically he died on impact and fireman had to use the Jaws of Life to free his body from the wreckage.
The three occupants of the truck were severely traumatised by the ordeal and paramedics counselled them on scene.
Chris Botha
Netcare 911
