Jaws-of-life used to free driver after Pretoria Road taxi collision
This happened a day after EXPRESS published a video of reckless driving on Pretoria road - could taxis be to blame?
THE day after EXPRESS posted a video online showing reckless driving on Pretoria Road, a man was seriously injured in a head-on collision with a taxi.
On July 2, EXPRESS posted a video shot by a motorist, Mark Theunissen. The video recording revealed drivers of passenger vehicles and minibus taxis driving recklessly during two separate incidents on Pretoria Road.
Coincidentally, a white sedan vehicle and a taxi were involved in a head-on collision on July 3. The driver of the sedan had to be extricated using the jaws-of-life.
William Ntladi, spokesperson for Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS), confirmed that the Kempton rescue team responded to a motor vehicle accident on Pretoria Road just before Birchleigh Railway Station.
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“The call was received at 13:36pm and on arrival it was found that two vehicles, a minibus and small vehicle, were involved in the collision. Two patients were accounted for from both vehicles. Specialised rescue tools were used to recover the patient from the sedan’s wreckage. He sustained serious injuries,” Ntladi reported.
One injured man was taken to Union Hospital while another patient from the minibus was taken to Tembisa Hospital.
“The actual cause of the crash is still undetermined. Traffic officers are busy with the investigations,” Ntladi said.
In other collisions involving taxis on the same road, a 40-year-old woman was killed on June 2 after she was hit by a taxi while crossing the intersection at Pretoria and Albatross roads. In another incident two people were killed and five others injured when a taxi and bakkie collided head-on on July 7.
