Diepsloot accident leaves 18 injured and 1 dead

Jaimie-faith Poonah
26 March 2015

An accident late last night on the R511 towards Diepsloot left one person dead and eighteen people injured.

This is after a taxi collided with a car. The exact details to the cause of the accident will remain the subject of a police investigation.

ER24 Spokesperson Chitra Bodasing said when ER24 paramedics and other services arrived on scene; they found one patient trapped in the car and others from the taxi lying all over.

Bodasing said a man who was believed to be in his thirties, who was in the taxi, unfortunately succumbed to his injuries. The man who was trapped was extricated by fire and rescue services, he and other patients were assessed and treated.

One patient was airlifted to hospital and others were transported by ambulance, Bodasing added.

 

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