Joel Dietrechsen (59) from Graham drive, Heidelberg has died after a hijacker shot him in the back in his driveway on November 29, 2014 at 19:30.
Friends visiting the Dietrechsen’s were attacked by hijackers while driving out of the driveway. The woman screamed and Joel rushed to assist them. At this stage Joel was shot in the back.
(Some of the reports indicate that Joel was ordered to lay face down on the ground and that one of the hijackers stood over him and shot him in the back.)
The hijacker fled with the visitors Ford Ranger and jewels stripped of the woman.
Elzona Meyer was first on the scene. She and another member of Heidelberg Medic Volunteers struggled to keep Joel alive.
An ER24 helicopter was called to Laer Volkskool from where Joel would have been transported to the Netcare Union Hospital in Alberton. He died in the back of the ambulance on the way to Laer Volkskool.
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