Quad accident on the dunes

A YOUNG man was seriously injured in a quad-bike accident near Swakopmund on Sunday.PJ Balhoa (21) was riding in the dunes just south of Swakopmund when he fell off his quad bike and it landed on top of him.

He sustained two fractures to his back and a broken rib pierced his lung. Rescuers of International SOS, who could only reach the accident scene by quad bike themselves, retrieved Balhao from the dunes and took him to the Cottage MediClinic.From there he was to be flown to Windhoek, but due to unfavourable weather conditions, an emergency flight was impossible.Still in a critical condition, he was then driven by ambulance to the Katutura State hospital in Windhoek.* In another road accident yesterday morning around 10h00, the vehicle in which two German couples were travelling left the road and overturned on the gravel road to Solitaire.The rescue team of ISOS was called out to the accident and transported one of the women, who had a fractured ankle, to the Welwitschia Medical Centre in Walvis Bay.Rescuers of International SOS, who could only reach the accident scene by quad bike themselves, retrieved Balhao from the dunes and took him to the Cottage MediClinic.From there he was to be flown to Windhoek, but due to unfavourable weather conditions, an emergency flight was impossible.Still in a critical condition, he was then driven by ambulance to the Katutura State hospital in Windhoek.* In another road accident yesterday morning around 10h00, the vehicle in which two German couples were travelling left the road and overturned on the gravel road to Solitaire.The rescue team of ISOS was called out to the accident and transported one of the women, who had a fractured ankle, to the Welwitschia Medical Centre in Walvis Bay.

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