The cause of the crash is unknown, but police were on scene investigating.
Eighteen people – including a pedestrian – were injured when a taxi and a passenger vehicle collided in Durban shortly after 7am on Tuesday morning.
Rescue Care spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said patients were scattered across Umbilo Road when paramedics arrived on the scene and more ambulances were immediately dispatched. “Two patients, a pedestrian and a passenger, had sustained major injuries and needed Advanced Life Support to stabilise them on the scene. The passenger was entrapped and the Durban Fire Department had to use the Jaws of Life to cut the injured free. Once freed, the patient was carefully extricated and loaded into the Lenmed1 helicopter where she was airlifted to a specialist facility,” he said.Jamieson said the cause of the crash was unknown, but police were on scene investigating.
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