There were two serious road accidents on the R102 over the weekend which claimed the lives of two people.
On Saturday afternoon, a taxi veered off the road and rolled into a culvert adjacent to the R102 between Stanger and Darnall.
The driver of the taxi was killed in the accident, while 14 commuters were injured.
Emergency services found the passengers on the road after the vehicle had rolled. Their injuries ranged from serious to minor.
A woman died on the scene of another accident early on Sunday morning. The woman and a male passenger were found at the scene of the crash near the King Shaka International traffic lights on R102.
The vehicle was believed to have rolled after in went off the road as they were travelling south towards Durban.
“Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the wreckage to have come to rest on its roof down an embankment with a female patient trapped under the roof, the other patient was found near the wreckage. Paramedics worked fervently to extricate the woman but tragically she died on scene due to the extensive injuries that she sustained,” said Netcare’s spokesperson Chris Botha.
The man was stabilised on the scene having sustained serious injuries. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.