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Car overturns onto motorcyclist
A delivery man has been seriously injured after colliding with a VW Polo. The incident occurred on the corners of Cambridge Road and Witkoppen in Paulshof.
Witnesses to the accidents explained that both vehicles turned into Witkoppen road and collided, sending the motorcyclist through the windscreen of the Polo, which then subsequently connected with the pavement and overturned.
Bystanders removed the patient from the windscreen and placed him on the sidewalk. ER24 Paramedics arrived on scene to find the motorcyclist lying on the sidewalk confused and complaining of severe pain in his pelvis and right leg.
The patient was treated by Advanced Life Support paramedics on scene and loaded into the ambulance, he was then transported to the nearby Sunninghill hospital.
The driver and passenger of the Polo did not sustain any physical injuries.
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Wrong info from paramedics I was there!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 20/03/2010 - 14:24.
I was in the polo, the info is incorrect. We were travelling up Witkoppen, just having left the petrol station, and the motorcycle turned directly into the path of the vehicle after we entered the intersection!
He was trying to turn into Cambridge road. Bystanders did not remove the man from the windscreen or from under the vehicle, nor did it overturn onto him. He was thrown onto the pavement after hitting the windscreen when the car hit the curb and overturned.
The windscreen was shattered but intact and had to be broken through to switch of the vehicle. This was a foolish mistake of the motorcyclist, taking a chance.
Our best wishes go out to the motorcyclist.
