Taxi carnage on Kempton Park roads leave 49 injured, one dead
Two accidents occurred on the same day
THREE taxi accidents in three days in Kempton Park left one person dead and 49 injured.
The latest accident happened on Wednesday morning between a taxi and car at the R23 and Pretoria Road intersection, Russel Meiring of ER24 said.
Paramedics from the ER24 Central and East branch responded to the scene. They found both the taxi and light motor vehicle on an embankment next to the road. Occupants that had been travelling in the taxi were sitting on the embankment.
Paramedics began their assessment and found that 16 people from the taxi and car had sustained minor to moderate injuries. Fortunately no-one was seriously injured.
Paramedics set up a triage area and began treating the patients for their injuries. Once treated and some of the patients immobilised, they were transported to various hospitals.
On Monday morning 17 people were injured and a little girl (5) died when a taxi transporting school children to school crashed into a ditch in Birchleigh North.
Also on Monday, a taxi overturned at the intersection of Zuurfontein and Plane roads in Spartan, injuring 16 people.
