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Taxi collides with trailer

Two people were seriously injured when a taxi collided with a trailer.

ESHOWE-based KZN EMS paramedics responded to an accident in the Obonjeni area near eShowe this morning.

A minibus had collided with a trailer, which according to KZN EMS Media Liaison Officer, Robert Mckenzie, apparently had been parked on the side of the dirt road. ‘The driver was critically injured and a 25-year-old man had to be extricated from the wreckage using the ‘Jaws of Life’.

He was treated by an advanced life support paramedic.’

A second occupant in the vehicle managed to escape with only minor injuries. The patients were transported to Ngwelezana Hospital, for continued care.

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