8-Year-Old Tragically Dies As Another Ambulance Held Up By Gunmen

CAPE TOWN – A young child in South Africa who had been critically injured in a car accident, tragically passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning whilst being transported to hospital… because of the delay caused when the ambulance he was in, was held up by gunmen and robbed.

The eight-year-old was being taken to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, when his ambulance was “ambushed” on the N2 highway near to Borcherds Quarry at around 01h10, according to Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Robert Daniels. The crew at the front were held up at gunpoint and robbed.

Talking to eNCA (watch below), Daniels said: “Unfortunately, the critically injured eight-year-old patient in the back of the ambulance – a boy with severe head injuries he sustained during a motor vehicle accident last night – passed away at the scene due to the delay caused by yet another attack on EMS personnel.”

An alarming number of EMS personnel in the Western Cape have been targeted by criminals, mainly wanting to steal their personal belongings including cellphones and wallets.