One killed when vehicle overturns in Pretoria

28 June 2015 - 17:00 By Rdm News Wire

One person was killed and another seriously injured in the early hours of Sunday when a vehicle overturned and rolled on Lynwood road in the Pretoria east suburb of Equastria‚ emergency medical services said. Netcare 911 paramedics said the driver of the vehicle had been killed and that a passenger had been taken to a nearby government hospital where he is reported to be in a critical condition.In another accident in the Pretoria area overnight‚ a woman was seriously injured when the vehicle in which she was a passenger overturned after being struck from the rear by another vehicle along the N4 at Pumulani.“Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene just after21h55 last night and found the roadway littered with accident debris and the twisted frames of the vehicles. Medics worked fervently to stabilise the critically injured female before they airlifted her to a specialised hospital for the care that she required‚” said Netcare 911 media spokesman Chris Botha...

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