Two men narrowly escape death in Alberton helicopter crash

25 November 2015 - 19:00 By TMG Digital

Two men narrowly escaped death on Wednesday morning when their helicopter crashed in a field off Kliprivier Road in Alberton‚ south-east of Johannesburg. According to ER24 emergency medical service‚ one of the men‚ a man in his 60s‚ sustained moderate injuries while the other escaped unharmed.“Paramedics treated the patient before he was airlifted by a private medical helicopter to a private hospital for further treatment.“The cause of the incident is unknown but local authorities were on the scene to investigate‚” ER24 said...

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