This report from SACAN (forwarded without permission of SACAN by me)
INCHANGA SAPS CASE: 21/09/2010
On Sunday 12th September, Elizabeth Tudhope and her daughter returned early from a trip to the Drakensberg when they realised that their father and husband, 63yrs David Tudhope, River Road, Drummond was not answering their calls.
On arriving home they noticed the gate was open. As they proceeded up the driveway they saw David lying outside in a massive pool of blood. Elizabeth, who only joined the SA CAN Family a few weeks back, pressed her SOS Alert panic button which in turned notified the SA CAN's control center and her emergency contacts of her situation. Simultaneously, with the support of three SA CAN Operations Duty Managers, mass activation of the SA CAN Family took place.
Elizabeth was given lifesaving instruction telephonically. This was then taken over by CEMS (Community Emergency Medical Services) Alan Cutten and Warren Brauns, who arrived on scene. Twelve VEMA (Voluntary Emergency Medical Assistants) which included Trauma Doctor Tim Hardcastle, NetCare 911 and Inchanga SAPS were all dispatched to the scene.
Due to the location and circumstances, 215 Botha's Hill and Drummond Farm Watch (SA CAN Family members), were notified through SA CAN's high velocity customized SMS system, telling of the situation and requesting response.
133 SA CAN Family Operations Partners, directorship and management of Chubb, ADT, Secure Link, Enforce, Blue, Proforce, community Leaders, SA CAN Flight Operations, Ranking Officers and members of SAPS Dog Unit, Metro Police, RTI, SAPS Field Unit, SAPS Hillcrest, Provincial SAPS, HERS (Hillcrest Emergency Road Services), Upper-Highway Security Reaction Officers, Careline Crises Center and NetCare Aero-Medical were also notified.
This totalled 348 passionate South AfriCANs! Within a few minutes the first of many SA CAN Family members started to arrive along with all emergency service personnel. It was great to see everyone adhering to the SA CAN Incident Management for Residents - Action Plan, which has been signed off by the SAPS. The crime scene was preserved and everyone worked extremely well together!
David is currently sedated in ICU due to severe, severe brain swelling. In saying this he is on his way to recovery. We expect we will be able to talk him early next week after we notify SAPS, whom we are working extremely closely with.
PLEASE! - If anyone has ANY information regarding what transpired, please contact us immediately so we can put you in touch with the SAPS investigators.
It not clear what exactly transpired as David was last seen watching the rugby on Saturday at a local pub and left at around 18:00. It appears David was attacked just after this and was left for dead. Nothing was taken. While the attack was awful, today is a good day in the sense we are dealing with an attempted murder and NOT a murder. You the SA CAN family helped achieve this along with all the role players. It is quite clear that if David did not receive the attention he did, we would have in fact been dealing with a murder. No single one person takes credit. Well done to all involved! Source: SA Community Action Network
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