Two separate taxi accidents in Durban, South Africa, left a total of 33 people injured. The first accident involved a taxi with 15 schoolchildren, while the second involved a taxi and a car, injuring 18 people. Both accidents took place on Monday and caused traffic disruptions.
A single taxi lost control before leaving the roadway and coming to rest in the bush on the roadside. Picture: ALS ParamedicsIn the first crash, fifteen schoolchildren were injured in a taxi accident on the M4 northbound before the M41 in Umhlanga just after 11am on Monday morning.ALS Paramedics Medical Services spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said traffic was severely affected by the accident.
“Paramedics arrived on the scene to find that a single taxi had somehow lost control before leaving the roadway and coming to rest in the bush on the roadside. A quick triage system was set up and immediately more ambulances as well as advanced life support paramedics were dispatched to assist with the multiple casualty scene.
“A total of eighteen people sustained various injuries ranging from moderate to severe were stabilized on the scene by advanced life support paramedics before been transported to various Durban Hospitals for the further treatment that they required,” Jamieson said.
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