UPDATE: Health MEC saddened by the death of a pregnant woman in the ambulance crash
Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba is saddened by the death of a pregnant woman during an accident involving an ambulance and a minibus in Giyani today (Wednesday).
“I am truly saddened at the deaths of innocent people. I am also angry because there are allegations of reckless driving that has caused us these lives and an asset which we need so desperately during these difficult times of Covid-19. Our people need to be responsible because we are living in extraordinary and difficult time,” said MEC.
Ramathuba’s spokesperson Thilivhali Muavha said in a statement that the 19-year-old pregnant woman was being transported to hospital to deliver when a taxi collided with an ambulance.
He said preliminary reports indicate that the taxi failed to stop at the traffic lights and collided with an ambulance.
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The driver of a minibus taxi, one of his passenger and the pregnant woman who was being transported in the ambulance were certified dead on the scene.
Two EMS members also sustained injuries and were taken to hospital.
MEC Ramathuba has also sent her condolences to the bereaved families.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families who have lost their loved ones. We can’t even begin to contemplate the pain they might be going through,” added Ramathuba.
