Passengers ejected as minibus taxi flips
MIDRAND – A 48-year-old man had to be airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
This morning, 23 January, Netcare 911 resources were dispatched to reports of a minibus taxi crash on Olifantsfontein Road near Cilliers Road in the Randjesfontein AH area.
Paramedics from Netcare 911, as well as other private services and the provincial ambulance service, along with the fire department and traffic police all attended to the incident.
According to Netcare 911, paramedics found that the minibus taxi had rolled and the majority of the occupants appeared to have been ejected from the vehicle during the incident.
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Other services had already loaded patients into ambulances when Netcare 911 arrived, making it difficult to determine the number of people injured. However, it is believed that the taxi was close to full.
Netcare 911 said the majority of the victims sustained injuries stretching from relatively minor to serious, but a 48-year-old man had sustained multiple injuries and was in a critical condition. He was attended to by Netcare 911’s advanced life support paramedics and placed on a ventilator at the scene.
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Due to the serious nature of the crash combined with the man’s severe injuries, the Netcare 911 specialised helicopter ambulance was called to the scene to airlift the victim to a hospital for the urgent care that was required.
The incident and preceding events will form part of a police investigation.
