Man impaled after taxi collision
28 January 2016 | Road Safety in the Media
A man in his early twenties was left with critical injuries after a collision in Johannesburg on the N1 near the Booysens Road off ramp late last night. The collision involved two taxis.
The one taxi allegedly rear-ended the other. Rain and hail made for low visibility and roads were streaming with water. When ER24 paramedics arrived on scene they found that there was only one injured person on scene. The patient was entrapped in the vehicle and his leg was impaled by a steel rod which is believed to have been part of the car.
It took ER24 paramedics and rescue services almost two hours to extricate the man safely and remove the object from his leg. He was then treated and transported by ER24 to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital for further treatment.
The cause of the collision remains unknown, local authorities were on scene for further investigation.
Pieter Rossouw
ER24 Spokesperson
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