30 March 2015
An accident this morning
involving a taxi and a car left three people dead.
It is believed that the two
vehicles collided into each other which resulted in the taxi rolling about 50
meters from where the incident occurred.
ER24 Spokesperson Chitra
Bodasing said ER24 paramedics and other services arrived on scene and found the
badly damaged vehicles. One person was
entrapped in the car. The woman, in her early 30’s, was extricated by Fire and
Rescue Services.
Bodasing said she was
assessed. Her vital signs were weak. She had to be resuscitated but
unfortunately died. The taxi driver
and driver of the car had also sustained fatal injuries. They were found lying
on the road. It is believed they were ejected from the vehicle.
Meanwhile in another tragic accident one person died and two sustained critical injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in rolled on the N17 in Secunda, Mpumalanga.
ER24 Spokesperson Chitra Bodasing said When ER24 paramedics and other services arrived on scene they assessed the people.
Bodasing said unfortunately
there was nothing paramedics could do for one of the people. He was declared
dead.
Bodasing said the other patients were treated and
transported to hospital.
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