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Media Alert: EMS Responds to a Motor Vehicle Accident on the N7, West Coast

11 March 2013

The Western Cape Government Health: Emergency Medical Services Responds to a Motor Vehicle Accident on the West Coast

09h00 - N7, approximately 25km outside Clanwilliam, direction Klawer – Two adult males were declared deceased after a heavy duty truck they were travelling in left the road and rolled approximately thirty metres down a steep slope. One adult male was flung out of the vehicle and declared dead on arrival by EMS paramedics. EMS practitioners also found the truck alight and on its roof. Local Fire and Rescue extinguished the fire and one adult male was recovered from the driving compartment of the truck. He too was declared deceased by EMS paramedics.   

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Keri Davids

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Health: Emergency Medical Services
 
Cell: 083 286 4227
 
Email: Keri.Davids@westerncape.gov.za