15 disabled in accident
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:00
Fifteen disabled people were injured, two seriously, in an
accident in Bethlehem on Saturday morning, Free State paramedics
said.
"The vehicle they were traveling in rolled several times and
came to rest on its roof in the middle of the roadway," Netcare
911 spokesperson Chris Botha said.
It is believed the injured were being transported to a home
in the Lesotho area when the accident occurred.
"Paramedics arrived on scene and found that the injured had clambered out
of the wreckage and were lying near the vehicle.
"With great sensitivity paramedics started to stabilise the
wounded, given that most patients were deaf it made it very
difficult for paramedics to communicate with them."
All the injured were loaded into four ambulances and then
transported to
a provincial hospital in Bethlehem for further treatment.