Shortly after 06:00 this morning ER24 paramedics responded to a motor vehicle collision on the N2 North near Natal Portland Cement.
On arrival, they found that a motor vehicle had slammed into the rear of a taxi leaving a taxi passenger and the driver of the motor vehicle trapped and 13 other passengers with various injuries.
ER24 Durban and Highway paramedics worked together with Durban Metro Fire Department and Rescue Care EMS to treat all of the patients. The most severely injured patient was extricated using jaws-of-life. It took rescuers over an hour to free the trapped patients.
A total fifteen patients were treated on scene and transported to various hospitals in Durban for further care.