NATIONAL NEWS - A doctor was rushed to a truck accident scene to make a call on possibly amputating a trapped driver’s leg to save his life in Mpumalanga yesterday.
Lowvelder reports that emergency crews managed to rescue the driver from the cabin before his leg needed to be amputated, although it took about eight hours to get him out.
The truck plunged down a steep embankment on the N4, near Riverside Park, at about 10:00.
The driver and his passenger were trapped inside the truck’s cabin, but the latter was rescued two hours later.
Emer-G-Med transported the passenger to Rob Ferreira Hospital. Emergency crews worked tirelessly to extract the driver.
Ropes and boards were used to lift the driver up the embankment.
He sustained serious injuries to his legs and was treated on the scene before being transported to hospital.
“Just before 18:00, the driver of the articulated truck that went down the embankment was brought to the roadside to the awaiting ambulance,” says Martin Jeffrey of Emer-G-Med.
The road was opened to traffic once the scene had been cleared.
Rescue workers on the scene.
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