Two separate accidents leaves 33 people injured

Lusanda Bill
12 February 2014

Two separate accidents this morning has left a total of 33 people injured. 

In the first incident two minibuses collided into each other leaving nineteen people sustaining various injuries. 

Netcare 911 Spokesperson Santi Steinmann said two men sustained critical injuries and the Netcare helicopter was activated to airlift one of them to hospital. 

Steinmann said the remaining eighteen people were treated on scene before they were transported to various hospitals for further medical care.

In the other accident fourteen people were left seriously injured when two taxis collided head on along the Mangoshutu Highway in Umlazi. 

Netcare 911 Spokesperson Chris Botha said all the fourteen people that were injured were treated on scene and then transported to hospital.

The exact details of the cause of both accidents will remain the subject of a police investigation. 

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