A man, believed to be in his 50s, was killed this afternoon after he was hit by a bakkie on the R317, roughly 60 km outside of Worcester in the Western Cape.
ER24 paramedics received the emergency call at 12h35 and immediately responded to the scene.
Upon arrival, ER24 paramedics found the body of a man lying in the middle of the road.
Paramedics assessed the man and found hat he had sustained numerous, fatal injuries. Unfortunately, nothign could be done for the patient and he was declared dead on the scene.
The driver of the bakkie that had collided with the deceased was assessed and found to have escaped injury.
Local authorities were on the scene to conduct an investigation.
Russel Meiring
ER24 Spokesperson