At taxi accident leaves eighteen people injured
Loyiso Langeni
10 January 2014
The cause of the incident is unknown and investigations are underway.
An accident involving two taxi’s
this morning along the M25 in Durban
It is believed that two taxi's
collided head-on resulting in several people being trapped inside the
vehicles.
Netcare 911 Spokesperson Chris Botha
said three people were trapped in the wreckage and had to be ejected using the
jaws of life.
“They were all stabilized on scene, one
person was transported to Albert Luthuli hospital while the other three were transported
by ambulances to various hospital for further treatment,” Botha added.
The exact details of the cause of
the accident will remain the subject of a police investigation.
Meanwhile in another accident a man
was found dead this morning in Pinetown after the vehicle he was traveling in
hit a pole and overturned resulting in it rolling down an embankment.
ER24 Spokesperson Russel Meiring
said paramedics were dispatched to the scene where they discovered a car lying
on its roots.
"Upon the examination of the scene,
they discovered the driver had been partially ejected from the vehicle,
suffering major head injuries. Jaws of
life had to be used to free the man from the wreckage,” Meiring added.
The cause of the incident is unknown and investigations are underway.
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