Durban paramedic at scene of accident injured when car collides with ambulance



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A KwaZulu-Natal paramedic was seriously injured in Pinetown while attending the scene of an accident.

A KwaZulu-Natal paramedic was seriously injured in Pinetown while attending the scene of an accident.

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A KwaZulu-Natal paramedic was seriously injured in Pinetown while at the scene of an accident.

According to Rescue Care Paramedics, emergency services personnel were attending an accident on the M13 eastbound, off Richmond Road, just after 5 p.m. Friday when the incident occurred.

They had responded to a vehicle that rolled over on the road, when an oncoming vehicle lost control.

“While paramedics were assessing one of the occupants of his ambulance, a vehicle on the westbound carriageway lost control of his motor vehicle and crossed the central median, colliding with the side of the ambulance before stopping on the roof. , “it said in a statement.

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A KwaZulu-Natal paramedic was seriously injured in Pinetown while attending the scene of an accident.

A paramedic inside the ambulance was seriously injured. The paramedic was stabilized at the scene before being transferred to a nearby hospital.

The two occupants of the motor vehicle suffered moderate injuries and were taken to hospital for further treatment, the statement said.

The circumstances of the accident are being investigated by the police.

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