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Weekend head – on collision in Hout Bay leaves two trapped

Hout Bay

Two men were left trapped in the wreckage of their vehicle following a head in collision on the Hout Bay Main Road.

At around 10:30 this morning, the bakkie, which was transporting building supplies, collided head on into a light motor vehicle after vehicle a second light motor vehicle collided into the initial crash.

Paramedics arrived on scene to find the two men trapped in the wreckage of the bakkie, and the Metro Rescue team and Hout Bay Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to remove the vehicle from around them after which they were transported to Mediclinic Constantiaberg under ER24 and Life Vincent Palotti Advanced Life Support care.

Both patients had suffered multiple injuries as a result of the collision.

There had been five people in the light motor vehicle that collided with the bakkie but they fortunately came out of the collision with only minor injuries. They went to hospital for further check up.

The driver of the second light motor vehicle involve was not injured in the collision.

The cause of the collision is unknown, and will be determined upon investigation.

ER24

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