A man was killed when he fell from his motorbike on the R56 near Baynsfield this afternoon. It is thought that the man lost control of his bike while negotiating a bend and fell onto the roadway.
His crumpled and bloodied frame was found by Netcare911 Paramedics in the middle of the roadway with his crushed helmet nearly twenty metres away. The man sustained polytraumatic injuries and was declared dead by medics at the scene.
In another incident two motorcyclists were seriously injured when they collided with a bakkie on the R617 this afternoon.
On colliding the bakkie left the road and overturned. The rider and passenger on the bike sustained serious injuries and were treated and stabilised by Netcare911 Paramedics at the scene before they were transported to a Pietermaritzburg Hospital for further definitive care.
Jeffrey Wicks
Netcare 911