WATCH: Elderly woman dies after being knocked over
Durban - An elderly woman has died after being run over by a vehicle on Thursday afternoon.
Garrith Jamieson, Rescue Care Paramedics Operations Director, said he received information that the woman that was flown to hospital on Thursday passed away during the night.
Rescue Care Paramedics had responded to the scene of the incident after the woman was knocked by a vehicle on Village Road in Kloof, northwest of Durban.
“On arrival they found the critically injured lady in the roadway. She had sustained critical injuries and Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilise her on the scene and called in the assistance of an Aeromedical Helicopter operated by Black Eagle and IPSS Medical. The patient was placed on a manual ventilator on the scene and stabilised before being flown to a Durban hospital for the urgent care that she required,” Jamieson said.
A woman was flown to hospital after she was run over by a vehicle in Kloof. Video: Rescue Care Paramedics
He said the events which led to the incident are unknown but police were on scene and are investigating.
Police could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.
Earlier, two schoolboys were been killed in Durban after being knocked over by a minibus taxi. It is alleged that the driver of the taxi had lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the school boys. They were declared dead at the scene.
In another incident, Netcare 911 paramedics transported a man to hospital after he was knocked over by a vehicle on Brickfield Road.
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