PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) – Oscar Pistorius’ brother Carl was “badly hurt” in a road accident Friday night when his car was involved in a head-on collision on a highway in South Africa, the brothers’ uncle Arnold Pistorius said.
The crash in northern South Africa was “serious” but Carl is now “out of danger,” Arnold Pistorius said. He said Carl had been transferred to a hospital in the capital, Pretoria.
“Carl’s vehicle was hit head-on by another car that had swerved from the opposite side of the highway into the oncoming traffic,” Arnold Pistorius said in a statement Saturday without giving details of Carl’s injuries.
South African media reported that Oscar Pistorius’ older brother had sustained multiple fractures and was to undergo surgery. He was in an intensive care unit with fractures to his right arm, leg and left foot, television station eNCA reported. Another South African media outlet said Carl was in a critical condition.
“Carl was badly hurt but we are thankful that he is out of danger,” Arnold Pistorius said. He said Carl was returning from a business trip in the city of Polokwane, about 260 kilometers (160 miles) north of Pretoria. The accident was witnessed by a colleague who was traveling in another vehicle behind Carl’s, Arnold Pistorius said.