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Man dies, his driver survives

An adult male passenger dies, and his co-driver sustained critical injuries on the N3 freeway northbound after a gruesome accident involving three light motor vehicles and a truck took place in Bedfordview on (Wednesday) the 30th of September 2020. City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Services (DEMS) Rescue team from Bedfordview fire station, swiftly responded to the scene for intervention after the reception of the call at 13H16 via the emergency call centre. On arrival at the scene, two pickup trucks (bakkies), a hatchback and a truck were found involved in a crash, completely obscuring all three traffic lanes of the freeway. Rescue team had to use specialised hydraulic equipment “Jaws-of-Life” to access the trapped patients in one of the bakkies.

The passenger was unfortunately declared deceased on scene because of sustaining intense head injuries while his co-driver survived with critical upper body and lower extremities injuries. He was treated and stabilised on scene before being road transported by ambulance to a medical facility for further care. Occupants of the other three vehicles survived with no injuries. Traffic flow had to shut down till the entire rescue operation was complete. The scene was handed over to the City`s metropolitan police officers for further investigations. The mortal remains of the deceased were removed from the scene by the Forensic Pathology department officers to an appropriate facility

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