Accidents
Nine injured in Crown Mines Accident
Nine injured in Crown Mines Accident. At 20H36 Saturday night, Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on the N17 near Nasrec Road in Crown Mines.
Reports from the scene indicate that the driver of a mini-bus taxi lost control resulting in the taxi crashing through a barrier coming to rest in a veld.
Medics assessed the scene and found that nine people had sustained injuries ranging from minor to moderate.
Once treated all the patients were transported by ambulance to the hospital for further treatment.
Source – Shawn Herbst – Media Liaison Officer – Netcare Limited – Netcare 911
In Other News – Iveco Driver hits 14 Cows in Ladybrand Accident
Iveco Driver hits 14 Cows in Ladybrand Accident. A man has been arrested after he was involved in an accident in which he hit 14 cows in the process.
According to the Facebook Page, SA Long-distance Truckers, the man hit 14 cows and arrested. The page shared these pictures and said – Drunk driver smashes his Iveco bus hitting 14 cows yesterday in ladybrand. Driver arrested. see pictures
In More News – Busiswa’s Ex & baby daddy, DJ Kaygee Speaks Out – I found them having raw S.E.X
Yesterday, news broke that Midnight Starring hitmaker Busiswa had been allegedly beaten up by her baby daddy DJ Kaygee.
This news were revealed by a rapper friend of Busiswa’s, Marc, who relayed the details of the events in a Twitter thread.
DJ Kaygee then took to Facebook to give his version of the story.
According to his Facebook report, the DJ says he had walked in on Busiswa having unprotected s.e.x on their bed with her rapper friend Marc. Furthermore, DJ Kaygee denied the allegations about him beating Busiswa. see all
The northbound lanes of the N3 highway near the Vaaldraai/Vereeniging interchange have been closed after a crash involving two trucks on Thursday morning.
The N3 toll concession announced that a serious crash involving two trucks has been reported on the northbound lanes to Johannesburg.
“Traffic is being diverted at the Vaaldraai/Vereeniging interchange to rejoin the N3 northbound again at the Dasville interchange.
“Emergency services are on the scene, but it may be a while before recovery and cleanup operations can be completed. Traffic congestion and delays in this area should be expected for most of the day,” said Thania Dhoogra, operations manager at N3 Toll Concession.
Road users are requested to approach the area with caution.
In other news – Zimbabweans endure 19 hours a day without electricity
Zimbabweans are being subjected to 19 hours of power cuts a day, because there is insufficient water in the Kariba dam to drive the nation’s main hydropower plant.
The worst outages since 2019 are wreaking havoc, causing snarl-ups in Harare, the capital, where most traffic lights are no longer working, and interrupting mobile phone services because batteries used to run base stations don’t have time to recharge. Learn More
Gauteng: At 12H18 Tuesday afternoon, Netcare 911 responded to the case of a burn at a chemical manufacturing plant in Benoni on the East Rand.
Reports allege that a worker slipped and fell into a Nitrogen storage tank.
Co-workers who witnessed the man fall pulled him to safety.
When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found the patient, a 27-year-old male in critical condition with 40% chemical burns from the waist down.
Advanced life support intervention was immediately initiated by emergency care practitioners in an attempt to stabilise him.
Due to the time-sensitive nature of the man’s injuries, a Netcare 911 helicopter air ambulance was activated to airlift the patient to a specialist medical facility for further treatment.
KwaZulu-Natal: At 23H58 Saturday night, Netcare 911 responded to a stabbing at a local tavern on Harley Street in Margate on the South Coast.
Reports indicate that two adult males got into an altercation, resulting in a physical fight breaking out.
During the altercation, a 30-year-old male sustained serious injuries after being stabbed with a broken beer bottle numerous times in the face.
When medics arrived on the scene they found the patient on the floor covered in blood.
He was treated on scene by an advanced life support paramedic and once stabilised was transported to the hospital for further care.
Circumstances leading up to the incident will be investigated by the Margate SAPS who were on the scene.