15 people left injured after a bakkie, taxi collides
Melon Radebe
15 people were injured this morning after a
taxi drove down an embankment and collided with a wall at the South African and
Anglo Road Cosmos City Johannesburg
Russel Meiring said in a statement, “ER24
paramedics, along with provincial services, responded to the scene and on
arrival they found the bakkie parked on the side of the road. A taxi lay at the
bottom of a small embankment, upside down. It was found that 15 patients, two
from the bakkie and 13 from the taxi had sustained minor to moderate injuries.”
Meiring added that after treatment, patients were transported
to nearby facilities for further treatment.
The cause of the collision is not yet known
but local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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