[Johannesburg East 24 December 2011 19:00 – 21:00]
Two accidents between 19:00 and 21:00 in the Eastern areas of Johannesburg has left 2 dead and another 3 with various injuries.
The first if the two accidents happened on Elgin Road in Kempton Park where two vehicles collided head on. The cause of the accident is not known, but the 51 year old woman driving the one vehicle sustained critical injuries as a result from the impact. When paramedics arrived at the scene, they immediately started resuscitation efforts on the woman, but her condition deteriorated further and despite all of their efforts the woman died at the scene. The woman was the only occupant of her vehicle at the time of the accident. The driver and only occupant of the second vehicle involved suffered minor injuries only and was assessed by paramedics at the scene and treated accordingly.
The second incident, shortly before 9pm, happened on the R42 between Heidelberg and Nigel. A single vehicle accident occurred in which the driver lost control of the vehicle for some reason and it left the road and rolled into a field. All 3 occupants of the vehicle were ejected, and sadly one of the occupants did not survive his injuries, and the 32 year old man was declared dead at the scene. The other two men had sustained relatively serious injuries but were in a stable condition. They were taken to a nearby hospital for further care.
Vanessa Jackson, ER24