[BENONI, GP – 27 AUGUST 2012 AT 16H00]
Sixteen people have sustained various injuries after a bakkie and a taxi collided into one another on Great North and Webb Road in Benoni this afternoon.
ER24 and other emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found the taxi lying on its side with the bakkie a few meters away. All the commuters from the taxi and bakkie were found seated on the verge near to the accident. There were fifteen commuters in the taxi of which two were treated by the paramedics for suspected neck and back injuries and thirteen others were treated for minor cuts and abrasions. The driver of the bakkie was treated for suspected neck and back injuries and minor cuts. All patients were stabilised on scene and transported to various hospitals for further medical care.
The necessary authorities were on the scene and would investigate the accident further.
Derrick Banks, ER24
