A tremendous group effort from Johannesburg Emergency Medical Services and multiple private ambulance services has led to the successful treatment and transportation of hundreds of commuters injured in this evening’s train accident near Soweto.
It is unclear as to how the collision occurred, but the ER24 emergency control centre received a call that two trains had collided between the Phomolong and Mzimhlophe stations in Orlando, Soweto.
When paramedics arrived at the scene they were astonished to see the hundreds of injured commuters lying beside the open carriages. After further investigation it was found that only three commuters sustained severe injuries in the collision. Two of the severely injured patients received on-scene treatment by another ambulance service before being airlifted to hospital in separate helicopters.
As more than 40 ambulances and multiple other rescue vehicles including Fire and Rescue services arrived at the scene, hundreds of patents received treatment before being transported to multiple hospitals in the surrounding areas.
The rescue efforts finally finished shortly before 22:30 this evening as the last patients were transported to hospital. ER24 would like to commend all the men and woman who contributed in the effort of providing Emergency Medical Care to the all effected in the train collision in Soweto this evening.
Andre Visser, ER24
