Child critical after car rolls on N2

Five people were injured, one child critically, when a car veered out of control and rolled from the N2 southbound onto the N2 northbound highway in Durban yesterday.

The car eventually ended up on its roof before the Clare Road Bridge, Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said.

Just after 11.15am, Rescue Care para-medics arrived to find a car upturned in the fast lane, he said.

“One child, believed to be three years old, had allegedly been ejected from the vehicle.

“He was found in a critical condition and was placed on a manual ventilator at the scene by advanced life-support paramedics before being rushed to a specialist hospital for further care.”

Four other occupants of the car sustained injuries ranging from minor to serious, and were all stabilised at the scene before being taken to hospitals. – ANA