Twenty-seven people were injured, one critically so after two taxi’s collided on the R59 North just after the Kliprivier turn off in Bracken downs, Alberton this morning. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics and the emergency services arrived at the scene and found the crumpled remains of the vehicles and accident debris littering the roadway. After triaging the injured it was found that one commuter sustained critical injuries while twenty-six escaped with injuries ranging from serious to minor.
After the patients were stabilised on scene, medics transported them to various hospitals in the area for the care that they required.