Five people were injured in a side-impact accident at the intersection of New Holmes and Deccan Roads in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg this morning at around 06h00. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the intersection littered with accident debris and the twisted remains of the vehicles, some of the injured were still seated in the wreckages. After the paramedics stabilised the patients on scene they transported them to a local hospital for the care that they required.