A 23-year-old man is lucky to have sustained only moderate injuries when his bakkie was struck by an oncoming train on a Ferreira road crossing in Bloemfontein early this evening.
ER24 paramedics arrived at 17h30 to find the white, double cab bakkie had been pushed some 10 meters down and off
the tracks by the train, which had stopped further down the line.
The train had collided with the driver's side of the vehicle and he needed to be extracted by the fire department before being fully assessed.
He was treated on the scene by our Advanced Life Support medic and transported to a private hospital in the area.
The South African Police Services were also on the scene for further investigation.
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