At approximately 13:45 today (Saturday) RUSA was called out to the entrance of Mount Moreland near Verulam after receiving multiple calls from motorists reporting a taxi accident.
Upon arrival an extensively damaged Toyota Hiace taxi was found in a bush on top of an embankment. The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle at the time of the accident. He claimed that while travelling on Umdloti Beach Road the brakes on his vehicle failed. In an attempt to stop the taxi he climbed an embankment and crashed in a ditch.
The driver was not injured in the accident.