A thirty five year old motor cyclist is in a serious condition after losing control of his bike and landing underneath a light motor vehicle on the N3 Durban bound near Peacevale this afternoon.
ER24 paramedics who were on their way back from Pietermaritzburg towards Durban came across the accident. They found the motor cyclist pinned underneath the car that was in the left hand lane of the freeway. The motor cyclist was still alive but in a serious condition. The Fire Department arrived and where able to use specialised equipment to lift the car off the patient. Paramedics then stabilised the patient’s neck and head and placed him on a specialised board to help take him out from underneath the car.
Once out paramedics were able to assess him better and were able to treat him further for other injuries that he had sustained from the crash. Advanced life support intervention was performed on the patient before he was rushed to R K Khans Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
It is unclear how this accident occurred as there was no damage to the light motor vehicle but the front of the bike had extensive damage to it. SAPS from Hammersdale were on the scene and would investigate the accident further.
Derrick Banks, ER24
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