A 37-year-old man and his 5-year-old daughter were injured on Friday, 3 February, when their Mercedes Benz tip truck toppled on an unpaved road in Mt. Moreland, KwaZulu-Natal.
When response officers arrived, they spotted the overturned truck.
Additionally, a family of six, including three children, perished in a TERRIBLE N4 truck accident.
The driver and his daughter were discovered on the road.
According to him, one of the truck’s front tires abruptly locked up, causing it to overturn.
The two were treated for their injuries at the scene before being evacuated by ambulance to the hospital.
Due to the frequency of accidents on our roadways, you may find yourself at the site of one.
Here’s what you should do:
When an accident happens, the safety of accident victims, emergency personnel, and other road users is the top priority.
The first hour after an accident is referred to as the “Golden Hour,” and physicians say that severely injured auto accident victims must receive thorough medical care within 60 minutes to have a decent chance of survival. This scenario provides rescuers approximately 12 minutes to extract the injured and get them to the hospital.
Consider the flow of traffic at the location. Are you or others, including the victim, at risk?
Also see: “Mysterious recovery”: Following a truck accident, bodies were discovered in a mine shaft.
Before blocking traffic, consider the impact on emergency vehicles attempting to reach the area.
If someone is available, dispatch them up and down the road to stop traffic.
If the incident occurred at night, activate the hazard lights and ignite flares to warn oncoming motorists of the risk.
Consider the placement of any vehicles involved in the incident and the risks they may represent (such as rolling forwards or backwards). Consider safety – continually reevaluate the safety of the scenario, particularly if you rely on others to protect you.
Stop all vehicles involved in the crash and turn them off.
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