At 22h07 on Thursday evening, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a vehicle that overturned on the R102 in Southport on the Natal South Coast. Exact detail to the cause of the crash is still speculative and will form part of the South African Police investigation.
Paramedics arrived at the scene, found that the vehicle with an adult female and two children aged between 6 and 10 had left the roadway, overturned, and came to rest against a tree. After triaging the injured, they found that a female in her late thirties had sustained life-threatening injuries and was still trapped in the twisted frame of the vehicle. The two children a boy and a girl aged between six and ten miraculously escaped with minor injuries.
Paramedics worked for over an hour trying to resuscitate the female tragically, despite their efforts she was declared dead at the scene. The two children were transported to a hospital in Port Shepstone for the care that they required.
