The Witness reports that four members of the SA Defence Force (SANDF) suffered serious injuries after a military vehicle known as a Samil 50 plunged over a bridge along the Wasbank Road, in the Mwela Wela area near Ladysmith, on Monday morning.

The bridge, which is seven metres high, is on a dirt road which turns off the N11, towards Wasbank. It is believed that the Samil 50 was travelling along the dirt road on its way to Ladysmith and, when crossing the bridge, lost control and crashed down. Officials on the scene said that the soldiers all sustained serious injuries to their legs. The driver of the vehicle was trapped in the wreckage, while other passengers managed to crawl from the mangled wreck among rocks and water of half as meter from a local ‘spruit’. Members of the Fire and Rescue Unit from Alfred Duma Municipality had to use the ‘jaws of life’ to free the driver. All four soldiers were rushed to hospital.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Claudine Senekal of Ladysmith Herald at The Witness

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