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Pretoria train collision: Four dead, 620 injured – Prasa please explain to us how on earth did this happen!

Four people died and 620 other commuters were injured when two trains collided near Pretoria's Mountain View train station, Netcare911 said on Tuesday afternoon. Netcare911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst told TimesLIVE that injuries suffered ranged from minor to moderate. "All the people have been removed. One person sustained critical injuries." Metrorail spokesperson Lillian Mofokeng said the two trains were both travelling on the same line towards Pretoria from Mabopane. Two trains collided in Pretoria on January 8 2019 during the early-morning rush-hour commute. Four people have been killed and hundreds injured. Mofokeng said a board of inquiry would be instituted to determine the root cause of the accident. Trains running between Pretoria, Mabopane and Dewildt are temporarily suspended until further notice. All commuters in possession of valid weekly and monthly tickets will be transported by bus until the line is reopened. Metrorail said it would set up…

Plane crashed at Wonderboom airport

ER24 reported that approximately 20 people have been injured yesterday afternoon following an aircraft crash at an airport in Wonderboom, Pretoria. ER24 paramedics, along with several other services, were on the scene treating and triaging the patients. Initial reports show that approximately 20 people had sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical. Paramedics are treating the patients and will thereafter transport them to nearby hospital for further treatment. The ER24 Oneplan Helicopters airlifted all critical patients to hospital. The details surrounding this incident are not yet known to our paramedics. The plane crashed near the Zambesi Moloto crossing, Kameeldrift in Derdepoort at about 16:45. The plane is a Rovos Rail DC3

Jong Pta-verliefdes sterf saam op motorfiets

Zhaan Smit en Lezette de Beer. Foto: Via Facebook

Twee mense is dood en twee kritiek beseer toe ŉ motorfiets en ŉ Opel Kadett Saterdag in die vroeë oggendure in Pretoria gebots het.

Xander Loubser, woordvoerder van Best Care-ambulansdienste, het Saterdag aan Maroela Media gesê die botsing het in Mootstraat in Daspoort in die weste van die stad plaasgevind.

“Die oorsaak van die ongeluk is onbekend en word deur die polisie ondersoek. Twee mense wat op die motorfiets was, is op die toneel dood,” het Loubser gesê. Loubser kon nie dadelik hul ouderdomme bevestig nie, maar het wel gesê dat hulle ŉ jong man en vrou was.

Loubser het gesê twee insittendes in die Opel het kritieke beserings opgedoen en hulle was in die voertuig vasgekeer. Hulle is na die Steve Biko-hospitaal geneem nadat hulle uit die motor se wrak gesny is.

“ŉ Vrou, vermoedelik die bestuurder van die motor se ma is, het op die toneel inmekaargesak. Sy is ook …