One dead‚ three injured after car overturns on N12

One person was killed and three other people sustained moderate to minor injuries when a car overturned on the N12‚ about ten kilometres outside Potchefstroom in North West‚ during the early hours of Sunday morning.

ER24 spokesperson Annine Siddall said the Jaws of Life had to be used to free a man from the overturned vehicle.

 “Unfortunately‚ there was nothing paramedics could do to save the man once he was removed from the vehicle and he was declared dead on the scene‚” she said.

Another man‚ believed to be 27 years old‚ was also trapped and had to be removed from the vehicle. He sustained moderate injuries.

A woman‚ believed to be 24 years old‚ also sustained moderate injuries.

“ER24 paramedics transported two of the patients to Potchefstroom Provincial Hospital for further medical care.

 “One male patient who sustained minor injuries did not want to be transported to hospital‚” Siddall said.

“The exact circumstances surrounding the collision are not yet known‚ but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations‚” she added.