Seventeen injured in Benoni crash
Loyiso Langeni
25
December 2014
Exact details to the cause of the accident will remain the subject of a police investigation.
ER24 paramedics responded to an accident
scene late last night following a collision between a taxi and bakkie in Du Randt Road
Spokesperson Chitra Bodasing said they
arrived on scene and found people lying on the road and in the veld. The taxi,
with 16 occupants, and the bakkie, with one occupant, were in a head-on
collision.
Bodasing added that the taxi driver
sustained multiple injuries. Paramedics treated him on scene and he was later
airlifted to hospital. One of his passengers, also in a critical condition, was
transported to hospital by ambulance.
“it is understood the taxi driver and the
passengers were ejected from the vehicle.” Bodasing said.
Exact details to the cause of the accident will remain the subject of a police investigation.
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