ER24 paramedics were flagged down by a passing motorist who had spotted the vehicle, ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring said.
Six people were injured, some critically, when the minibus taxi they were travelling in crashed into a tree on the R114 in Neitgedacht, north of Johannesburg in the early hours of Saturday morning, paramedics said.
Paramedics assessed the patients and found that the driver and the front passenger were trapped and in a critical condition. The two other men inside the vehicle, as well as the two outside, had sustained only moderate injuries. Once treatment had been completed, a critically injured passenger was airlifted by the ER24 Oneplan helicopter to a nearby hospital. The other patients were transported by ambulance to nearby facilities, Meiring said.
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