Cape Times reports that a Durbanville farmworker was airlifted to a nearby hospital after the tractor he was driving reportedly rolled over and landed on top of him last week.

The 43-year-old sustained serious injuries on 3 March and was airlifted to a trauma facility in Cape Town. Titanium Securitas spokesperson Kobus Kotze reported: “On arrival, our medical teams were informed that the incident occurred high up in the mountain. The medical team loaded all of their equipment on the back of the farmer’s bakkie and made their way up the mountain. Upon arriving at the patient, they established that he sustained serious injuries. A decision was made to fly the patient from the mountain straight to a trauma facility in Cape Town.” In another incident, a farmer was left seriously injured when a bulldozer drove over his legs on a farm 60km outside Sutherland on Wednesday. Kotze reported that on arrival at Sutherland hospital the medical team found the farmer still in a critical condition. “The Titanium medical team worked around the clock to stabilise the patient. Unfortunately, no helicopters were available, and a decision was made to transport him by road under the care of an advanced life support paramedic. The patient was transported to a trauma facility in Cape Town where he underwent several life-savings surgeries,” he said.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siphokazi Vuso at Cape Times

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