{"id":45764,"date":"2026-04-11T00:48:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/three-people-sustained-serious-injuries-following-a-head-on-collision-on-the-m4-ruth-first-highway-near-the-broadway-off-ramp\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:48:43","slug":"three-people-sustained-serious-injuries-following-a-head-on-collision-on-the-m4-ruth-first-highway-near-the-broadway-off-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/three-people-sustained-serious-injuries-following-a-head-on-collision-on-the-m4-ruth-first-highway-near-the-broadway-off-ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"Three people sustained serious injuries following a head-on collision on the M4 Ruth First Highway near the Broadway off-ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people sustained serious injuries following a head-on collision on the M4 Ruth First Highway near the Broadway off-ramp during the early hours of Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>KZN VIP Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene and, upon arrival, immediately initiated a rapid triage process. Multiple patients were found injured, with one patient entrapped in the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics requested additional resources while working to stabilise the injured. The entrapped patient was later successfully extricated using specialised equipment.<\/p>\n<p>All patients received advanced medical care on scene before being transported to relevant medical facilities for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The exact circumstances leading up to the collision remain unknown at this stage. All emergency services were in attendance and worked together to manage the incident.<\/p>\n<p>For emergencies contact KZNVIP:<\/p>\n<p> 031 502 3456<br \/>\n WhatsApp: 067 712 7976<br \/>\n info@kznvip.co.za&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77008&#038;page=three-people-sustained-serious-injuries-following-a-head-on-collision-on-the-m4-ruth-first-highway-near-the-broadway-off-ramp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people sustained serious injuries following a head-on collision on the M4 Ruth First Highway near the Broadway off-ramp during the early hours of Friday morning. KZN VIP Emergency Medical Services were dispatched to the scene and, upon arrival, immediately initiated a rapid triage process. Multiple patients were found injured, with one patient entrapped in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/668206563_1370505478343521_6347746321264785262_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152],"class_list":["post-45764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/668206563_1370505478343521_6347746321264785262_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}