Why so many injured?

Tom Cowell writes:

(File photo).

With reference to your front page article about the accident on the corner of Great North Road and Webb Street which happened on March 6, if not for the seriousness of those injured and damage to vehicles, one could imagine the story to be a joke.

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A Quantum seating capacity is 14 (with tiny rear seats folded back).

Since the taxi was rushing to the assistance of another broken-down police truck, could one assume that all the passengers were mechanics?

One could also ask how many people it takes to change a light bulb.

This accident could have been far worse.

Four days after the accident, wreckage was still strewn [about] at the accident scene.

Editor’s note:

Police spokesperson Capt Nomsa Sekele last week said that a case of reckless and negligent driving was opened and that the matter is under investigation.