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| Oscar Pistorius' elder brother Carl is being treated in intensive care following a head-on collision with another car on Friday night, local media has reported. | Oscar Pistorius' elder brother Carl is being treated in intensive care following a head-on collision with another car on Friday night, local media has reported. |
| The crash is understood to have occurred close to Modimolle in the Limpopo province when a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction swerved and collided with his car on the N1. | |
| He sustained fractures to his right forearm, leg and left foot, as well as a hip injury and lacerations to his liver and heart, according to the reports. Carl was returning from a business trip when the incident took place. | He sustained fractures to his right forearm, leg and left foot, as well as a hip injury and lacerations to his liver and heart, according to the reports. Carl was returning from a business trip when the incident took place. |
| His uncle Arnold Pistorius said in a statement that Carl had been badly hurt, but “is out of danger”. | His uncle Arnold Pistorius said in a statement that Carl had been badly hurt, but “is out of danger”. |
| "Carl's vehicle was hit head-on by another car that had swerved from the opposite side of the [N1] highway into... oncoming traffic," he said. | "Carl's vehicle was hit head-on by another car that had swerved from the opposite side of the [N1] highway into... oncoming traffic," he said. |
| "Carl was badly hurt but we are thankful that he is out of danger. He was transferred to a hospital in Pretoria." | "Carl was badly hurt but we are thankful that he is out of danger. He was transferred to a hospital in Pretoria." |
| A colleague had been in a different vehicle and witnessed the crash, he added. | A colleague had been in a different vehicle and witnessed the crash, he added. |
| In 2013 Carl was acquitted of culpable homicide after being involved in a collision with a female motorcyclist in 2008 who later died. |