EMER-G-MED stated that at 15:16 on 22 May, EMER-G-MED as well as multiple other services were dispatched to the scene to find that a car and one taxi had collided head-on and were still stuck together and that a second taxi had also been involved.
Paramedics found that the driver of the car had sustained multiple fatal injuries and was declared dead on the scene.
The statement, which was posted on the Emer-G-Med Facebook page read that multiple occupants of the taxi were critically injured and some were entrapped within the wreckage. Advanced Life Support paramedics worked to stabilise them while City of Johannesburg Fire Department used the “jaws of life” as well as other specialist rescue equipment to cut them free.
Due to the number of critically injured patients the Netcare911 Aeromedical Helicopter was called to the scene. A total of fourteen patients required Advanced Life Support interventions, eight of which were in a critical condition.
The events leading up to the collision are unclear, and will be under investigation by JMPD’s specialist Accident Investigation Unit.
UPDATE: 22 May, 5pm
Netcare 911 has revealed that two taxis and one car collided on the R55 outside of Waterfall Estate, killing one and injuring 15 others.
One dead 15 injured at the R55 crash, roadway closed @News24 @ewnupdates @JacaNews @Beeld_Nuus @_ArriveAlive pic.twitter.com/kz0H55cYag
— NETCARE 911 (@Netcare911_sa) May 22, 2016
UPDATE: 22 May, 4.38pm
One person has been killed and numerous others have sustained critical injuries in a multi-vehicle crash on the R55 in Woodmead.
Emer-G-Med tweeted that their medical personal, as well as paramedics from Netcare911 were on the scene to treat the injured.
It is reported that the road has been closed to allow a helicopter to land at the scene and transport critical patients to nearby medical facilities.
Details of the accident are not clear yet.
Motorists are urged to avoid the area.
EMER-G-MED @Netcare911_sa attending to fatal multi-vehicle crash on R55 in Woodmead. One dead. Multiple critical. pic.twitter.com/0evKaeKMiy
— EMER-G-MED EMS (@EMER_G_MED) May 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/zoejhb/status/734391317703299072
@EWNTraffic very serious accident on R55 Woodmead Dr. From PTA, just after Shakespeare Str. Road completely closed off. Chopper landing.
— Ndabezitha 👑 (@_abigail_j) May 22, 2016
Netcare airlifted two critically injured patients from the R 55 taxi crash @JacaNews @ewnupdates @eNCA @_ArriveAlive pic.twitter.com/appNGxTNaq
— NETCARE 911 (@Netcare911_sa) May 22, 2016
This is a developing story. Updates will be published as they become available.
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