An accident leaves two people dead

Lusanda Bill
29 October 2014

An accident late last night on the R53 Parys Avenue in the North West left a man and his seven-year-old boy dead and three people injured. 

Netcare 911 Spokesperson Santi Steinmann said when paramedics arrived on the scene they found that a heavy goods vehcile and a light delivery vehcile collided into each other.

Steinmann said upon assessment of all the patients they found that a man tragically lost his life and a woman and three children were in a critical condition.

“The four critically injured patients were rushed to hospital for urgen medical care but tragically a seven-year-old boy passed away during the night” Steinmann added.

The exact details of the cause of the accident will remian the subject of a police investigation.