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By ANA Reporter 
16h ago
JOHANNESBURG – Five people were killed and several more injured, some seriously, in three separate road accidents in the Northwest and Gauteng this weekend, paramedics said.
Three people were killed in a collision between two vehicles on Pretoria’s former N4 highway between Rustenburg and Moedwil in the northwest on Friday night, ER24 spokeswoman Ineke van Huyssteen said in a statement.
When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly after 7 pm, they found two people in a vehicle who had suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the second vehicle also suffered fatal injuries. All three were declared dead at the scene by paramedics.
Paramedics are unaware of the exact circumstances surrounding the accident, Van Huyssteen said.
Previously, one person was killed and four others injured, one seriously, in a collision between a truck and a light motor vehicle on the R104 between Rustenburg and Buffelspoort in the northwest on Friday afternoon, it said.
ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 1 p.m. and found the driver and passenger still inside the light motor vehicle. Unfortunately, the driver of the vehicle showed no signs of life and was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger suffered serious injuries and was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital for additional medical care, he said.
The truck driver and two occupants of the truck suffered minor to moderate injuries. ER24, as well as another service, treated them on the spot before transporting them to the hospital for further medical care.
Paramedics did not know the exact circumstances surrounding the accident, but local authorities were on the scene to conduct further investigations, Van Huyssteen said.
In the third incident, one person was killed and eight others injured, three seriously, when four vehicles collided on the R24 at Tarlton, near Krugersdorp in West Rand on Friday night.
ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly after 8:30 pm and found several people injured at the scene. Upon further evaluation, they found a man sitting in the driver’s seat of one of the vehicles, with no signs of life.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Three other people were found to have suffered serious injuries. Two of them were still trapped in the vehicle and the West Rand Fire Department had to remove them using the jaws of life.
Two medical helicopters were activated to airlift two of the seriously injured patients to hospital for additional medical care. Five other people were found to have suffered injuries ranging from mild to moderate.
ER24, as well as several other medical services, treated patients on site before transporting them to the hospital for further medical care. Paramedics did not know the exact circumstances surrounding the accident, but police were investigating, Van Huyssteen said.
– African News Agency (ANA)
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