Injured commuters had to clamber to safety after a minibus taxi overturned in a crash in Randburg on Thursday morning, while paramedics had to work to save those trapped in the vehicle.
Emer-G-Med paramedics found the taxi on its side on Bram Fischer Road.
“An on-scene triage area was established by incident commanders, with a number of patients found to be entrapped in the wreckage.
The jaws-of-life were needed to cut them free while advanced life support paramedics worked to stabilise those injured.
The injured were taken by ambulances to nearby medical facilities for further care, said Emer-G-Med.
TimesLIVE
Commuters hurt in minibus taxi crash in Randburg, some trapped in wreckage
Image: Emer-G-Med
Injured commuters had to clamber to safety after a minibus taxi overturned in a crash in Randburg on Thursday morning, while paramedics had to work to save those trapped in the vehicle.
Emer-G-Med paramedics found the taxi on its side on Bram Fischer Road.
“An on-scene triage area was established by incident commanders, with a number of patients found to be entrapped in the wreckage.
The jaws-of-life were needed to cut them free while advanced life support paramedics worked to stabilise those injured.
The injured were taken by ambulances to nearby medical facilities for further care, said Emer-G-Med.
TimesLIVE
READ MORE:
Huge hole that swallowed 74-year-old Joburg motorist 'had been reported many times'
Driver critical, passenger killed after vehicle flies off the N1 at Centurion
‘It’s just too painful’: family member speaks after 14 loved ones die in taxi crash
Would you like to comment on this article?
Sign up (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Most read
Latest Videos