35 Injured in 2 taxi accidents within 50km in Free State
FREE STATE 8 January 2012, 10:30
A total of 35 people sustained various injuries in 2 separate taxi accidents 50km apart in the Free State.
The first collision occurred in Lintel at a intersection when a minibus taxi collided with a SUV. A total of 15 people sustained various injuries including various scrapes and bruises as well as broken bones.
Paramedics treated all the injured patients before transporting them to a nearby medical facility. Shortly after 12:00, before reaching the hospital, the paramedics received word of a second taxi accident a few kilometres outside Senekal.
A minibus taxi had collided with a car before leaving the road and overturning in the field. Various Emergency Medical Services attended the incident. A total of 20 people sustained various injuries ranging from suspected back and neck injuries to scrapes and bruises.
Law enforcement officials attended both collisions and will be investigating the incidents.
Andre Visser, ER24
