[BLOEMFONTEIN] – Bakkie crashes into lamp post leaving eight injured.

Eight people were left injured this morning when the bakkie they were travelling in crashed into a lamp post off the N8 in Bloemfontein.

ER24 paramedics, along with the Free State Health Services, arrived on the scene at 07h53 to find a bakkie parked on the side of the road. The passengers that had been travelling in and on the back of the vehicle were now found seated around the vehicle.

Medics assessed the patients and found that eight people had sustained moderate injuries.

The patients were treated and thereafter transported to Pelonomi Provincial Hospital for further care.

The details surrounding this incident are not yet known but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.