[HAMMERSDALE – 02 SEPTEMBER 2011 AT 19H00]
A woman had a narrow escape after her car left the road on the N3 Durban bound just before Hammersdale on ramp and rolled before coming to a halt up against the Armco barrier near the on the on ramp this evening.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the woman still in the motor vehicle but complaining that her back was in severe pain. Paramedics quickly assessed the patient to make sure she had not injured herself any further. While they started to stabilise her, Advanced Life Support intervention had to be performed on her by means of pain medication. Once the patient was placed on the specialised board she was taken to the ambulance and transported to Edendale Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
The woman is unclear to how she lost control of her vehicle but she believes that she may have had some sort of mechanical problems causing the car to veer off the road and roll.
Derrick Banks, ER24
