Paramedic stabbed in roadside ambush

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Johannesburg - A paramedic was stabbed eight times in an attempted hijacking in Vereeniging on Wednesday, paramedics said.

Paramedic Ryno Strydom, 30, noticed a man lying in the middle of Mario Milani Road and pulled over to help him, said ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak.

“The man then jumped up and two more men came running from the side of the road.”

The three men pulled Strydom to the side of the road and stabbed him in the throat, chest, back and legs.

They robbed him of his wallet and cellphones before running away.

The paramedic found his way back to the road where his car was still parked, said Vermaak.

Strydom said he thought the men could not get his car started because of its immobiliser. He then drove about 12 kilometres to the ER24 base, where he collapsed on arrival.

He was treated and taken to hospital, where he was in a stable condition, said Vermaak.

Police were called to the base. Vermaak said he was not sure whether a case was opened.

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http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/paramedic-stabbed-in-roadside-ambush-1.1635366#.UuDVwrRBvIU
 
My wife is in the same line of work (in training at the moment), her and others we know who do the same work do it because they want to help people...

Man this makes me mad!
 
I don't want to be funny, but Mario Milani Road is as dodgy as it can get.
Right next to the river, in bad condition, with mine dumps on the other side. Almost no one there, except for a shooting range and a sand yard.
And it has a reputation for hijackings and robberies. There has been countless warnings about just that type of attack on that specific road.

In the late 90's a member of my mom's book-club was driving it back to Vanderbijlpark from Three Rivers.
As she rounded one corner there was a guy lying in the road. Having heard of cases like this, and driving a Range Rover - she swerved to the left and drove through the grass on the side of the road. Phoned the police and told them about the body.
When a police patrol drove through to investigate, they didn't find a body in the road, but two dead guys inn the grass. :twisted:
Not a urban legend. Her husband had worked with my dad.
 
Compton_effect said:
I don't want to be funny, but Mario Milani Road is as dodgy as it can get.
Right next to the river, in bad condition, with mine dumps on the other side. Almost no one there, except for a shooting range and a sand yard.
And it has a reputation for hijackings and robberies. There has been countless warnings about just that type of attack on that specific road.

In the late 90's a member of my mom's book-club was driving it back to Vanderbijlpark from Three Rivers.
As she rounded one corner there was a guy lying in the road. Having heard of cases like this, and driving a Range Rover - she swerved to the left and drove through the grass on the side of the road. Phoned the police and told them about the body.
When a police patrol drove through to investigate, they didn't find a body in the road, but two dead guys inn the grass. :twisted:
Not a urban legend. Her husband had worked with my dad.
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Sure it is a dodgy area but should paramedics then just not stop and help people in dodgy areas ? Sure the guy could perhaps have been more catious or whatever, someone lying in the middle of the street seems dodge to begin with...
 
Even in the war with hardcore guns and battles did they leave the paramedics to do their jobs.

Impale and burn alive :twisted:
 
They should give paramedics guns and training to use them, the can always fix the crims up afterwards (or not)...
 
South African survival guide:
If you see someone in the road, leave them.
If you see a hitch-hiker, do not pick them up.
If somebody asks you for money with some story, do not believe them.
If you see a car next to the road, do not stop to help.

This is what the South African "society" has come to.
 
b166er said:
South African survival guide:
If you see someone in the road, leave them.
If you see a hitch-hiker, do not pick them up.
If somebody asks you for money with some story, do not believe them.
If you see a car next to the road, do not stop to help.

This is what the South African "society" has come to.
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good post

and while so true, its so freakin sad.
 
b166er said:
South African survival guide:
If you see someone in the road, leave them.
If you see a hitch-hiker, do not pick them up.
If somebody asks you for money with some story, do not believe them.
If you see a car next to the road, do not stop to help.

This is what the South African "society" has come to.
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On my way on Tuesday I came to a stop at the traffic lights just outside my place of work. I had my window down. A guy up to my window and asked if I could give him and a woman a lift just up the road. He claimed it was an uphill and they were tired. I said no and was immediately sworn at.

I said no because I immediately recalled a situation that my dad encountered 3/4-years ago. A woman asked him for a lift and he gave her one. At the destination she then asked for money. He said he didn't have. She said if he didn't give her cash she will start screaming that he's trying to rape her. He took his wallet out, showed her he had no notes and poured out all the copper and odd silver coins he had.

Simply put, I had no idea if he really did want a lift or if at the top of the hill he'd suddenly have another story for me? Or if he and his friend would try a move on me?

Just can't be sure in this place.
 
b166er said:
South African survival guide:
If you see someone in the road, leave them.
If you see a hitch-hiker, do not pick them up.
If somebody asks you for money with some story, do not believe them.
If you see a car next to the road, do not stop to help.

This is what the South African "society" has come to.
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I use my instincts when any of those happen. A elderly gent collapses in front of me in Sandton. I stopped, helped him up, checked that he was ok and then drove him to his daughter's office.
A neatly dressed gent walking next to the road with a bottle of petrol - stopped and gave the minister a lift to his car - he was still on time to deliver his sermon. Guy dressed like a petrol attendant on the N1 - got him to the Grassmere petrol station with 1 minute to spare. The man was almost in tears.
Two guys in a broken down car at Malibongwe. Towed them to the BP at Beyers.

Sadly - rule of thumb - every time its a white person - they ended up asking for money.

But picking up someone, or stopping at night on a road as notorious as Mario Milani. Not going to happen.
 
A few weeks back passed a guy lying in the opposite lane and pulled over but when a vehicle came speeding towards him he was up and out of the way in no time.

Sad indictment on society that you feel you can't come to the aid of somebody for fear of it being an ambush. Still can't just ignore somebody lying in the road.
 
Alan said:
A few weeks back passed a guy lying in the opposite lane and pulled over but when a vehicle came speeding towards him he was up and out of the way in no time.

Sad indictment on society that you feel you can't come to the aid of somebody for fear of it being an ambush. Still can't just ignore somebody lying in the road.
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I can quite easily ignore people lying in the road but a paramedic's instinct is to stop and help.
 
Alan said:
A few weeks back passed a guy lying in the opposite lane and pulled over but when a vehicle came speeding towards him he was up and out of the way in no time.

Sad indictment on society that you feel you can't come to the aid of somebody for fear of it being an ambush. Still can't just ignore somebody lying in the road.
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Perhaps go really close or drive over ha hand and see if they react..... if her is really injured you can then reverse and help if he jumps up and shouts you can reverse back and hit him again...
 
Albereth said:
I can quite easily ignore people lying in the road but a paramedic's instinct is to stop and help.
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That is what upsets me most, and when you register with the HPCS (Health Provesions Council of SA) to become a paramedic your are duty bound to help. If you don't and someone knows you can lose your license to practice. There are clauses to it like safety, and they can then call it in but still that is what irks me!
 
Albereth said:
I can quite easily ignore people lying in the road but a paramedic's instinct is to stop and help.
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Any decent human being has the instinct to help. One just has too evaluate the situation before deciding what too do. At the very least phone the emergency services at the next place it's safe to stop.
 
Damn savages! As a previous poster said there should be special treatment for these kind of scum.

Death penalty! But we all know that is never going to happen.
 
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