Fifteen people injured in an accident in Durban
Mluleki Mrwebi
30
December 2013
He added that a total of fifteen patients were treated on scene and transported to various hospitals inDurban
ER24
paramedics and other emergency services this morning responded to a motor
vehicle collision on the N2 North near Natal Portland Cement.
ER24
Spokesperson Werner Vermaak said on arrival, they found that a motor vehicle
had slammed into the rear of a taxi leaving a taxi passenger and the driver of
the motor vehicle trapped and 13 other passengers with various injuries.
Vermaak said
ER24 Durban and Highway paramedics worked together with Durban Metro Fire
Department and Rescue Care EMS to treat all of the patients. The most severely
injured patient was extricated using jaws-of-life. It took rescuers over an
hour to free the trapped patients.
He added that a total of fifteen patients were treated on scene and transported to various hospitals in
Exact details to the cause of the accident are
not yet known at this stage and the police are investigating.
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