A 6-year-old boy is in a critical condition this afternoon when he was knocked over by a light motor vehicle on Old Main Road in the area of Everton in Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal.
When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene, they found a child lying in the road being tended to by members of the public.
ER24 paramedics took over the treatment and found that the child had sustained numerous injuries and was in a critical condition.
Paramedics on scene treated the child and provided him with serveral advanced life support interventions. Once stable, the patient was transported to Albert Luthuli Hospital for urgent treatment.
The driver of the light motor vehicle was assessed and found to have escaped injury. Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.