‘Mayhem’ as 8 killed in N1 highway crash
The collision involved a minibus taxi and a light motor vehicle.
Eight people were killed and several others injured when a taxi and a light motor vehicle collided on the N1 highway in Pretoria east on Saturday night.
“On arrival on the scene paramedics were met with absolute mayhem as the injured clambered to safety from the wreckages,” Emer-G-Med paramedics wrote in a statement.
“Eight people were found to have sustained fatal injuries and were declared deceased.”
The injured were treated and stabilised on the scene before being taken to various hospitals for further medical care.
“The cause of the collision and the events preceding it are unclear and will form the subject of a South African Police Services investigation,” the statement read.
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