ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 14:30 along with Midvaal Fire Department to find the damaged light motor vehicle still in the road.

There were four occupants - the mother, her baby, a girl of about 7 and the 78-year-old gran. The seriously injured gran was treated with advanced Life Support interventions in the vehicle while the other occupants had all managed to self-extricate.

The young girl was luckily uninjured in the collision. The mother and baby boy were treated for minor injuries and transported to Mediclinic Vereeniging by another private service on the scene, while the seriously injured 78-year-old patient was treated and transported by ER24 to the same hospital for further care.

The occupants of the bakkie were uninjured in the collision.

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