Seventeen people have been injured including a baby in a serious taxi accident on NMR Avenue and Old Fort Road

23 November 2018 | From Arrive Alive


Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on scene to find that a taxi and light motor vehicle had collided in a T Bone format in the intersection. Seventeen people sustained various injuries and immediately more ambulances as well as Advanced Life Support Paramedics were dispatched to assist with the multiple casualty scene. Once all the injured had been stabilised on the scene, they were transported to various Durban hospitals for the further Care that they required.

At this stage the events leading up to the accident are unknown however SAPS was on the scene and will be investigating further.

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