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Ulimale Kabuhlungu Owesilisa waseThekwini ngemuva kokuvaleleka ngaphansi kwemoto yakhe eCowies Hill
Owesilisa waseThekwini ulwela impilo yakhe ngemuva kwengozi eshaqisayo eshiye encindezeleke ngaphansi kwemoto yakhe endaweni yaseCowies Hill ngeSonto ntambama. Lesi sigameko siphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha nokugcinwa kwezimoto.
Ngokwemibiko, lo mlisa uphume emotweni yakhe encane ngesikhathi igingqika phambili kungazelelwe. Imoto ebiphuma ekulawuleni yamshayisa, yamphoqa ukuba angene esangweni lendawo ahlala kuyo yamfaka ensikeni kakhonkolo ngaphambi kokuma – isisulu sivaleleke ngaphansi.
Abazibonele ngokwabo baphakamise i-alamu ngokushesha, okwabangela impendulo esheshayo nehlelekile evela kumayunithi ambalwa aphuthumayo. I-Cowies Hill Emergency Group ikhiphe isicelo esiphuthumayo sosizo, idonsela amaqembu amaningi abatakuli endaweni yesigameko.
Abasebenzi bokuhlenga abakhethekile abavela kwa-S.T.A.R.T. I-Rescue kanye ne-Red Line Response bekuphakathi kwabokuqala abafika. Esebenzisa amathuluzi e-hydraulic athuthukisiwe, okuhlanganisa i-Jaws of Life, amaqembu agxilisa ngokucophelela futhi aphakamisa imoto ukuze akhulule indoda evaleleke. Umsebenzi wokuhlenga wawudinga ukusebenzisana kweqembu okunembile kanye nobuchwepheshe ukuze kuvinjelwe ukulimala okwengeziwe kumlisa
Lapho sesikhululiwe, isisulu sahlolwa futhi sazinziswa odokotela be-Red Line Response. Kamuva wanikezwa iFirst Responder KZN ukuze aphuthunyiswe esibhedlela esiseduze, lapho ethola khona usizo lwezokwelapha. Iziphathimandla bezingakawukhiphi umbiko ngesimo sakhe, kodwa imibiko iveza ukuthi ukulimala kwakhe kubi kakhulu.Uhambo lwaKwaZulu-Natal
Ukuhlenga okumangalisayo kube neqhaza lezinhlangano eziningi, zikhombisa amandla okubambisana phakathi kwabezimo eziphuthumayo nezokuphepha eThekwini.
Abezimo eziphuthumayo endaweni yesigameko bakhumbuze abashayeli bezimoto ngokubaluleka kokunakekelwa kwezimoto njalo, ikakhulukazi amabhuleki, angahluleka ngaphandle kwesixwayiso uma engahlolisiswanga kahle. “Ngisho nephutha elincane lingaba nemiphumela esongela ukuphila,” kusho omunye umphenduli.
Amalungu omphakathi azibonele lesi sigameko azwakalise ukushaqeka nokukhathazeka. “Kwenzeke ngokushesha okukhulu – ngesinye isikhathi engaphandle kwemoto yakhe, ngokulandelayo wavaleleka. Bekuthusa kakhulu,” kusho umakhelwane osize ngaphambi kokuthi kufike abatakuli.
Njengoba uphenyo lusaqhubeka, iziphathimandla zimatasa zizama ukuthola imbangela yangempela yokungasebenzi kahle kwamabhuleki. Lesi sigameko sesenze kwavuselelwa izinkulumo zokuthi abashayeli bezimoto babeke eqhulwini ukuhlola ukuphepha, ikakhulukazi ngaphambi kohambo olude noma ukushayela ezindaweni eziphakeme.
Inhlekelele yase-Cowies Hill isebenza njengesikhumbuzo esinamandla sokuthi izingozi zingenzeka ngokushesha kangakanani – nokuthi ukubambisana okuphuthumayo kubaluleke kangakanani ekusindiseni izimpilo.