December 12, 2010. It was reported on ER24’s blog that a critically injured man managed to survive for almost 12 hours trapped in his VW Golf which crashed off the N3, down an embankment, in Peacevale late on Saturday night (December 11).
It’s believed the accident happened about 11pm on Saturday night but paramedic and rescue services were only notified of the incident around 10am on Sunday (December 12), when a woman – who had been in the vehicle – arrived at the nearest police station believed to be about 10km away.
According to the ER24 blog, she had sustained minor scrapes and bruises.
The man, who suffered bad breaks in both legs, among other injuries, was eventually freed and moved 20m up the hill where an ambulance was waiting. He was stabilised before being taken to Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital.