EMER-G-MED’s M01, A03, A09, A11 and provincial services responded to reports of a taxi accident on the corner of Louis Botha and 15th Street in Orange Grove.
On arrival paramedics found that a taxi full of school children had been t-boned by a light delivery vehicle, leaving ten people injured – including six children.
Paramedics immediately began triaging and treating the patients, finding that seven patients had sustained moderate injuries, and a further three had sustained minor injuries.
The patients were stabilised on-scene before being transported to various nearby facilities.
JMPD were on scene to investigate the events leading up to the collision.
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