Lowvelder reports that an Aeromed chopper had to land on the N4 to transport a severely injured driver of an articulated truck after it overturned on Schoemanskloof on Thursday afternoon (13 November).

According to Emer-G-Med’s Martin Jeffrey, a call was received about an articulated truck that had overturned between Indabushe Lodge and Old Joe Monument at about 15:50. “The male driver had been ejected from the vehicle and was found lying on the roadside with a bystander in attendance,” Martin reported. The bystander was identified as an off-duty nursing sister. “The bystander reported that she had inserted a finger into a wound located on the anterior region of the right iliac crest to control bleeding,” Martin said. Upon inspection of the man he was found to have sustained multiple fractures and extensive abrasions. During the accident, the truck rolled in a way that it blocked most of the road with scattered potatoes.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Riot Hlatshwayo at Lowvelder

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