Five patients were instantly killed and 15 others critical injured on Sunday afternoon after a minibus taxi and a sedan light motor vehicle crashed on Nigel Road, Mapleton AH in Boksburg.
This is according to William Ntladi, District Manager media liaison Emergency Services.
“Rescue teams from both Vosloorus and Wadeville fire stations, promptly responded to the scene after receiving a distress signal at around 5.45pm, on Sunday afternoon,” said Ntladi.
“On arrival, a sedan vehicle was already burning and the driver still trapped behind the steering wheel.
“The minibus taxi was on its roof with multiple passengers were still trapped underneath wreckage. Rescuers had to battle the blaze and at the same time, used Jaws of Life to access and free the injured from the taxi wreck.”
He said all 15 fifteen critically injured patients received pre-hospital medical treatment on scene before being road transported to various hospitals around the Ekurhuleni metro for further definitive care.
“As per information on scene, the two vehicles were driving in opposite directions before the crash. The sedan caught alight immediately after the crash and eyewitnesses couldn’t free the driver as he was tightly trapped behind the steering wheel.”
The road had to be closed for the duration of the investigations by Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department`s (EMPD) officers.
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