'Traffic was severely affected as two lanes were closed to allow emergency workers space to work.'
Lunchtime traffic came to a standstill while emergency workers attempted to free the elderly woman and a domestic worker from the wreckage.
Crisis Medical spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said the driver and passenger, aged between 40 and 70, had to be cut free with jaws-of-life at Umhlanga Ridge's Millennial Way. "They were placed on to specialised stretchers used for the treatment and prevention of spinal cord injuries."Traffic was severely affected as two lanes were closed to allow emergency workers space to work," Van Reenen said.
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