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Audi driver believed to have skipped red light causes taxi to roll

February 23, 2012

Seventeen people were injured when their minibus taxi rolled in Pretoria on Thursday morning, Gauteng police said.

Captain Marrissa van der Merwe said an Audi ignored a traffic light and drove through an intersection. The taxi tried to avoid the Audi and rolled, hitting another taxi.

Paramedics arrived to find passengers strewn across the roadway.

They were treated on the scene and were taken to various hospitals.

The driver of the Audi sustained minor injuries.

- SAPA

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