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Woman dies in a taxi accident
MIDRAND - A taxi collided with a truck on corner Allandale and Klipfontein roads in Midrand on 9 May.
EMER-G-MED spokesperson Danielle Dooley said, “Paramedics arrived at the scene to find that a taxi had rolled after colliding with an 18-wheeler truck. One woman was declared dead on the scene of the accident.
“Four more people sustained critical injuries, two of them were placed on life support and transported to Charlotte Maxeke Academic hospital. Nine people also sustained moderate injuries and were taken to various hospitals around Johannesburg,” Dooley added.
“Medical services transported two critical patients by road who had sustained serious head and chest injuries to a nearby hospital. Police will investigate the cause of the accident.”
I saw the accident happen as I was stopped at the robot which was red for traffic travelling towards Midrand. The taxi was travelling down the left hand side of the yellow line and did not stop for the red robot. The driver swerved left when he saw the truck crossing the intersection and the taxi flipped onto its right side about 10 m from the truck and collided with the right rear of the truck’s trailer. The truck driver was in the right as the robot for him was green. This happens often on Allandale and drivers speed past the traffic on the left shoulder and skip robots. The metro is usually not to be seen in the mornings when this happens and drivers do what they want.
That’s very true @Thompson, I use this road to school everyday. Whenever I’m driving to school, taxis use the emergence lane since there is always traffic in the mornings and evenings. When this accident happened I was stuck in traffic. This should me a lesson to those that want to rush to their destination when they are late. Cars are a death tray, they can either take you to your final destination or final destination of life (death). Condolences to the family of the deceased, and a speedy recovery to the injured ones. God be with you
The lady who passed away in this tragic accident worked for our company for over 17 years. Vicky will be sincerely missed. I hope this taxi driver is brought to book about the pain he has caused her family and 2 teenage daughters. Our other staff member is still in hospital. @Guy Thompson: Did you give a statement or can you so that this monster can be arrested? Please contact Sherlotronics