On Wednesday morning, a full-term pregnant patient was being transported to hospital when a Free State health department ambulance overturned on the way from Steynsrus to Kroonstad.
“The driver lost control of the vehicle on a stretch of the R76 where there are road works.
“After being admitted to Boitumelo hospital at 11 am, the woman gave birth normally to a girl at around 1 pm. She is stable and fully conscious,” provincial health department spokesperson Mondli Mvambi said.
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Mvambi said that after an assessment, the driver was discharged because he was uninjured. A fellow paramedic, on the other hand, suffered a leg fracture and was taken to Kroon hospital in Kroonstad.
Mvambi confirmed that an investigation revealed that the driver lost control of the vehicle due to a burst front right tyre.