Woman killed as bakkie crashes into wall

Booysens – On Saturday morning a woman was killed when a bakkie she was travelling in crashed onto a wall and a metal post off the M1 north in Booysens‚ paramedics said.

  ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring said paramedics‚ along with the provincial fire services‚ arrived at the scene to find the bakkie on the side of the road against a wall.

  “The paramedics found the body of a woman‚ believed to be in her 30s‚ trapped inside the bakkie. Unfortunately‚ she had already succumbed to her injuries and nothing could be done for her and she was declared dead. The driver of the bakkie fortunately escaped injury‚” Meiring said.

  He added that provincial fire services had to use specialised equipment to free the victim’s body from the vehicle.