One person has died and many others have been left injured after an accident on the M71 in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning.
The accident reportedly happened near the Jukskei River just before 7.30am, according to Emer-G-Med in a brief statement.
The company's Kyle van Reenan confirmed its paramedics are “currently in attendance of a mass casualty collision”.
“At this stage we can confirm one person has lost their life. Twenty-one people have been left injured,” he told TimesLIVE.
This accident comes a day after numerous people were injured in a massive collision involving 46 vehicles on the M41 in Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal. The crash was caused by a truck after its brakes apparently failed.
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One dead, 20 injured in M71 collision near Jukskei River
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One person has died and many others have been left injured after an accident on the M71 in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning.
The accident reportedly happened near the Jukskei River just before 7.30am, according to Emer-G-Med in a brief statement.
The company's Kyle van Reenan confirmed its paramedics are “currently in attendance of a mass casualty collision”.
“At this stage we can confirm one person has lost their life. Twenty-one people have been left injured,” he told TimesLIVE.
This accident comes a day after numerous people were injured in a massive collision involving 46 vehicles on the M41 in Umhlanga in KwaZulu-Natal. The crash was caused by a truck after its brakes apparently failed.
This is a developing story
TimesLIVE
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