16 injured in Centurion taxi crash
A taxi collided with a car in Centurion on Wednesday morning, leaving 16 people injured.
Sixteen people suffered injuries on Wednesday morning when a car and a taxi collided in Highveld, Centurion.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann said paramedics arrived to find that the taxi had crashed against the side of a car at the intersection of John Vorster Drive and Logan Avenue.
“The minibus [taxi] then proceeded to overturn and came to a standstill on its side,” she said.
She said sixteen people suffered moderate to serious injuries in the crash. They were treated at the scene before being taken to a hospital.
“Exact details surrounding the cause of the crash and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.”
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