LIFESAVERS

Lifeguards praised for their heroic actions following a head-on collision

- BY KIM SWARTZ

SCENE: This is what the crew saw when they arrived there RESCUE: Treasure Mkhasiibe

LIFEGUARDS from Strandfontein were dubbed local heroes this week after calmly treating dozens of injured mense following a head-on collision.

The drama unfolded on Tuesday evening following a crash on Strandfontein Road between Baden Powell Drive and Spine Road.

Lifeguard Lisa Adams told the Daily Voice that she and her colleague, Treasure Sanele Mkhasibe, left the beach and and saw the Toyota Avanza driving behind them swerve and crash head-on with a VW Polo.

Adams explained: "The guy swerved out and knocked into a Polo.

"I stopped my car and we then ran to assist everyone and assessed the injuries first and then took the patients out one by one and started with the more severe injuries to the minor ones."