Durban ( Central ) Smith Street Near To Russell Street.
A young man to be in his early twenty’s is in a critical condition after been struck down by a motor vehicle on Smith Street in the early hours of this morning.
ER24 Advanced Life Support paramedic arrived on the scene to find the man lying in the middle of the road with a Metro Police blocking parts of the road so that he would not be hit by any other vehicle’s that were travelling out of Durban.
The man had sustained severe head injuries and needed Advanced Life Support Intervention to be performed on him. The patient was intubated and placed on a manual breathing machine on the scene. He was transported to Addington Hospital in a critical condition for further medical care.
It is believed that the man was crossing the quite road of Smith Street when he was struck by a passing vehicle that was travelling along the road. The vehicle that was involved with this accident did not stop on the scene. Metro Police will be investigating the hit and run case.
Derrick Banks
ER24