{"id":94880,"date":"2019-06-03T08:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T06:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=94880"},"modified":"2019-06-04T08:43:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T06:43:20","slug":"horrific-accident-ten-casualties-airlifted-mpumalanga-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/06\/03\/horrific-accident-ten-casualties-airlifted-mpumalanga-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrific accident: Ten casualties airlifted to Mpumalanga hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The accident took place after 15:00 on Sunday afternoon, in which five people were killed.<br \/>\nOver 10 casualties were airlifted to Mpumalanga hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94916\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/06\/Heli-2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/06\/Heli-2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/06\/Heli-2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A medical helicopter touched down in Middelburg where two casualties were taken to Life Midmed Hospital, two more to the Middelburg Provincial Hospital and six others to Witbank.<br \/>\nThe patients are all in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88482\/parents-frustrated-lack-space-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parents frustrated by a lack of space in Middelburg schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88163\/traffic-officers-appear-court-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic officers to appear in court for 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