Two delivery men going about their daily duties landed up in the middle of an alleged armed robbery in Lonehill around noon. The two men in the vehicle were then allegedly shot at and the driver wounded multiple times. The driver then stopped a short way away where the passenger assisted him out of the vehicle and told him to lie in the back loading compartment of the van.
The passenger then took over driving and sped his was to where he knew he had seen the ER24 head office on Witkoppen Street in Paulshof. The quick thinking of the injured man’s working partner may just have saved his life as every medically qualified person at the ER24 head office ran to the man’s assistance while the Ambulance and Response Vehicle were called from the hospital a short distance away.
The critically injured man was stabilised in the back of the delivery van before being transferred to the waiting ambulance a short while later.
The man, in his 20’s was transported to Life Fourways Hospital for further care. The SAP K9 unit and Sandton unit were at the scene to obtain details from the shaken, but fortunately uninjured colleague.
Vanessa Jackson, ER24
