Taxi slams into truck on Zuurfontein Road – 15 injured
No one from the truck sustained any injuries
FIFTEEN people have been injured this morning at about 7am when a taxi collided with a truck on Zuurfontein Road (M39) at the intersection with Oranjerivier Drive.
Reports from the scene indicated the taxi slammed into the back of the truck, Athlenda Mathe, spokesman for Netcare 911, said.
“When Netcare 911 paramedics and other services arrived, we found fifteen people had sustained injuries varying from serious to moderate. The Netcare2 helicopter was dispatched to the scene to airlift a critically injured man to a Johannesburg hospital for further medical care,” she added.
All injured were stabilised on the scene before they were transported by ambulance to various hospitals in the area for further medical care.
No one from the truck sustained any injuries.
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