An accident involving a taxi and a truck left 16 people injured in Pinetown. It is believed that a taxi smashed into the side of a heavy goods truck on Fields Hill.
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Spokesperson Chris Botha said the Netcare rescue unit had to use the Jaws of
Life to get the driver out of the taxi.
Botha said
seven people sustained serious injuries and the others sustained minor
injuries.
In another
accident also in Fields Hill left six people injured on the M13 in KwaZulu
Natal.
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Spokesperson Russel Meiring said four vehicles collided into each other in the
middle lane.
Meiring said
when they arrived on the scene they found that six people from the taxi and
light motor vehicle had sustained only minor injuries.
“All the
injured were treated on scene and then transported to a nearby hospital for the
medical care that they required” Meiring added.
The exact
details of the cause of the accident will remain the subject of a police
investigation.
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