Taxi hits car, bus and Outsurance pointsman
RANDPARK RIDGE – Taxi hits car, bus and pointsman and causes havoc in its wake
A taxi hit a car, bus and an Outsurance points-man on the corner of Beyers Naude Drive and CR Swart drives, Randpark Ridge, earlier this morning.
According to the Metro Police on the scene, about 19 people were involved and eight or nine have been injured and taken to various hospitals.
Mthunzi Mthombeni, an eye witness and partner to the pointswoman, who was hit said that at around 07:05 a taxi driving in a northerly direction along Beyers Naude drive in the emergency lane, hit a bus that was coming from the opposite direction and turning. The taxi then swerved right and hit the female points-man, then the car.
The Jaws of Life had to be used to get the driver of the car out.
The driver of the car and the pointsman have been badly injured.
The taxi driver has been arrested, and breathalyser test was conducted and was allegedly over the limit.
Four Outsurance pointsmen were on scene and looking glum.
Especially as shortly after the accident, Mthombeni had to direct traffic on the corner with a new partner.
A resident on scene, Cameron Jodi Rodey, said that another accident had occurred on the corner the day before.
This because the traffic lights had been out for a number of days.
