I crashed just before CP3,about 122 kms into the race.I fractured my collarbone,shoulderblade and a rib. Although I received almost immediate assistance from a paramedic who travelled behind me on a quad, I was not given any medication by him, or the other paramedics at Bergplaas and CP5. My concern is the total absence of quality medical emergency transport in the case of a life threatening injury.It took the paramedics 6h30 to transport me from CP 3 after my fall at 16h00, to Jeffreysbay at 22h30! In the process I was transported in 4 different vehicles that included a hairy descent in a "makeshift ambulance" with no lights down Bergplaas.If another driver did not offer the paramedic, who tried his best to ride through every hole and bump in the road,a bicycle light,the trip would have been even longer.I think the organisers need to have a serious look at this and base a chopper at Bergplaas before someone dies because he/she was not given a fair chance of survival.
