WATCH: KZN emergency services salute fallen heroes with motorcade

WATCH: KZN emergency services salute fallen heroes with motorcade

Emergency services have been paying tribute to their colleagues who have died in a helicopter crash.

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A Netcare 911 chopper with an intensive care rapid transfer team on board crashed near Bergville a week ago.


They had been on their way to pick up a critically ill patient in Hillcrest and transfer them to Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.


First responders in KZN have come together this afternoon to honour their fallen colleagues.


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A motorcade travelled from Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium to Umhlanga Hospital.


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Duane Bengston of Net Tow was part of the convoy, "It was a good show of medics, ambulances, security, tow trucks so it was quite a nice show of respect for them." 

"It's a big thing for all the emergency services to show respect for them by coming together. Not only for situations like this but even through this pandemic," he says. 

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He says their tragedy had left a mark on the emergency service industry. 


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"When we hear something like this happened, it was very sad for us because they play a critical role in saving people's lives and for us being on the accident scene we generally the first to arrive and work closely with the paramedics." 

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