Four injured in two-vehicle collision
Four people were injured yesterday afternoon (13 March), two of them critically, when two light motor vehicles collided on Clarendon Drive in Discovery.
ER24 paramedics, along with the Provincial Services, found both vehicles on the side of the road. A man and a young boy were walking around on the scene while a 10-year-old girl was found seated in the rear of one of the vehicles.
A man was found lying trapped inside the other vehicle. Paramedics assessed the patients and found that the young girl and entrapped man were both in a critical condition. The second man and young boy were found to have sustained minor injuries.
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Fire services had to use specialised equipment to free the man from the vehicle. Paramedics treated all the victims and provided the two critically injured with advanced life support interventions. The four patients were transported to nearby hospitals for further care.
Local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.
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