Taxi collides with truck on Old Vereeniging Road, Alrode leaves 18 people injured
Advanced life support interventions were used to treat and stabilise the injured before one was flown by helicopter and the other transported to hospital.
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EIGHTEEN people, including 10 children between the ages of four and seven, suffered moderate to serious injuries after a taxi collided with a truck on June 23.
The taxi they were travelling in collided with the side of a truck and trailer at an intersection on Old Vereeniging Road, Alrode, Alberton, on Sunday morning.
ER24 paramedics arrived on scene at 10.55am to find that all the passengers from the taxi had managed to extricate themselves from the wreck.
The two passengers up front had suffered serious to critical injuries.
Advanced life support interventions were used to treat and stabilise the injured before one was flown by helicopter and the other transported to hospital for further care.
Multiple emergency services were utilised to transport the injured to both Germiston and Thelle Mogoerane hospitals.
Both the Fire Department and SAPS were on scene for further investigations.
Issued by Ross Campbell, ER24 spokesperson for corporate communications
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