Lionel's state deteriorated while waiting to be transferred for a CT scan.
The family of 78-year-old Lionel Wyngaard say they were left traumatised after their grandfather was knocked, allegedly by a police vehicle, and waited nearly 10 hours for a medical transfer to have a CT scan performed.
Residing in Seawinds, Wyngaard was well known in the community as a skilled carpenter and devoted grandfather.
Speaking to the Cape Argus sister publication, Weekend Argus, his daughter, Melissa Wyngaard, recounted the heartbreaking hours after her father was struck by a vehicle while walking along Prince George Drive on May 18.
“As we approached the scene, we saw police vehicles, a fire truck and medics. My dad was sitting there being treated by paramedics. Bystanders told us he had been knocked over close to a pedestrian crossing.”
