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Limpopo paramedics killed as ambulance crashes into stationary truck

Two Limpopo paramedics were killed on the N1 near Codrington during the early hours of Tuesday when their ambulance crashed into the back of a stationary truck. Limpopo department of transport & community safety spokesperson Mike Maringa said both the driver and passenger were killed on impact. Limpopo MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya conveyed her condolences to the families of the two emergency personnel. “It is disturbing to wake up to the […]

21 June 2022

Local

At least 20 dead in horror train crash

The small Free State road next to the railway line is lined with police vehicles‚ ambulances and fire trucks‚ a police cordon separating stranded passengers from the burnt out and mangled wreckage of eight train carriages piled over the tracks. A small child is taken from one of at least six buses brought in to transport passengers to an ambulance - apparently a victim of heatstroke. Four hours after the […]

5 January 2018

Local

Security upgrades for emergency service staff

On Friday Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo outlined new plans to ensure that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) employees are safe when they are saving other people’s lives. This comes after an ambulance was attacked on Wednesday morning while transporting a critically injured child to Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. The attack delayed seven-year-old Faigon Wildschut’s transfer to hospital. He died in hospital later that day. The boy’s mother‚ […]

11 November 2017

Local

‘He was all I had’ – mom of boy who died after ambulance ambush

A Cape Town mom begged hospital staff to keep her son alive for two days so that he could make it to his eighth birthday and so that she could find the words to say goodbye. But Faigon Wildschut died on Wednesday afternoon, November 8, hours after the ambulance he had been travelling in was stoned, forced off the road and ambushed by thugs. His mother, Nicola Wildschut, believes that […]

10 November 2017

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‘Communities must help us protect EMS workers’

The high-risk dangers posed to emergency medical workers have been thrust back into the spotlight, with fears that the situation is now at crisis point. On Wednesday morning, a 7 year old boy died while enroute to Red Cross Children’s Hospital, after the ambulance he was travelling in was held up at gunpoint by armed robbers. Faigon Mitchell was injured in a head-on collision on Tuesday night, when he travelled […]

9 November 2017

Local

8-year-old patient dies as ambulance robbed

An eight-year-old boy was confirmed dead on Wednesday morning after the ambulance he was being transported in was ambushed on the N2 highway near Borcherds Quarry in Cape Town. The ambulance, which was on its way to the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, was held up by gunmen and robbed. Emergency services spokesperson Robert Daniels said the child died because of the delay caused by the attack. "Unfortunately, the […]

8 November 2017

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Emergency workers still working under fearful conditions

Being an emergency medical worker is still one of the most dangerous jobs in Cape Town, as paramedics are under attack from robbers and gang violence, some armed with weapons. The Western Cape’s “red-zone” areas, where ambulance crews are often attacked, have now increased to 15. Emergency personnel have to wait for a police escort, and only then can they respond to calls for assistance. The lives of those living […]

8 September 2017

Local

2 die on WCape roads

A pedestrian has died after crossing the N2 near the Mew Way exit near Khayelitsha. City traffic spokesperson, Maxine Bezuidenhout, says the deceased is believed to be about 35 years old. The right hand lane of the N2 outbound was closed for some time to give officials an opportunity to clear the scene. It has since been reopened. She says the driver was tested for alcohol and it was found […]

28 January 2017

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