Crime in SA | Concerns around safety of EMS workers

DURBAN - This festive season, there's growing concern about the safety of those that keep us safe.

Paramedics and emergency services are increasingly becoming victims of violent crime.

A Durban crew escaped serious injury when their ambulance was shot and damaged earlier this week.

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It’s reported that they had been responding to a car accident on Berea Road in the City.

Paramedic Thando Mbatha said she was in shock after the incident.

"We responded to a call for an accident. When we got there we heard shots.

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"We realised the ambulance was being shot at," she said.

"In my mind, I didn't know what was going on and my question was why are we getting fired at?

"I thought maybe we were being hijacked," she said.