Nineteen hurt in collision
The jaws of life were used to extract a passenger from one of the vehicles.
NINETEEN people were injured after a taxi and two cars collided at the intersection of Alice and Russel Streets in Durban around 2.30pm today.
According to Garrith Jamieson from Rescue Care, paramedics arrived on the scene to find that the three vehicles had collided before the taxi veered off the road, hitting a pole on the side of the road.
“One passenger was found to be entrapped in the taxi. Durban Fire Department used the jaws of life to cut the man free from the wreckage while Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilise the man,” said Jamieson.
Eighteen other people from all three vehicles sustained various injuries and were stabilised on the scene before being transported to various Durban Hospitals.
“At this stage the exact cause of the collision is unknown however SAPS were on the scene and will be investigating further,” said Jamieson.
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