Two dead‚ 11 injured in collision between truck and taxi

10 December 2016 - 13:11 By TMG Digital
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Two people were killed and at least 11 others injured in a collision between a truck and a taxi on the N2 about 15km outside Ermelo in Mpumalanga on Friday night‚ paramedics said.

ER24 paramedics and other services that attended to the accident‚ found the taxi wedged under the trailer of the truck‚ said ER24 spokesperson Chitra Bodasing Harduth.

“Sadly two people succumbed to their injuries‚” she said. Fire and Rescue was on scene to extricate patients who were trapped in the taxi.

“Upon assessment of other patients on scene‚ it was found that two were in a critical condition and others sustained injuries ranging from minor to moderate.

“Patients were treated and transported to hospital for further medical care. The exact cause of the incident is unknown‚” said Bodasing Harduth

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