Overview
- Emergency services responded after the light aircraft came down near the New Road and R101 intersection in Glen Austin, Midrand on Tuesday and two people on board were taken to hospital.
- Paramedics from private services assessed the occupants on scene and Netcare 911 transported one patient with moderate injuries and one with minor injuries to hospital.
- A bystander reportedly helped free the two occupants before crews arrived and CERT-SA said the aircraft narrowly missed a pedestrian, details that remain part of the developing account.
- A separate motor-vehicle collision occurred at the same location while teams were working, prompting closure of the R101 between New Road and Grand Central Boulevard and directing motorists to use N1 interchanges and local alternative routes.
- The crash is under active investigation by JMPD and Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, and authorities have not released the identities of the occupants or a cause for the accident.