N17 crash leaves 11 people and a paramedic injured
February 9, 2013
Eleven people were injured , three critically so, in a rear end accident on the N17 near the Nigel- Delmas off ramp this afternoon. Reports from the scene indicate that a taxi collided into a stationary vehicle , veered off the road and came to rest in the veldt.
Netcare 911 paramedics were still stabilizing the injured when a vehicle came hurtling down the road, the driver lost control and slammed into the rear of the ambulance injuring one of the paramedics.
After the injured were all stabelised on scene, medics transported them to various hospitals in the area for the care that they required.
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This weren’t a rear end accident. The taxi was travelling on the N17 in the direction of Leandra between other vehicles. A black Pajero travelled in the opposite direction near the Nigel-Delmas offramp. Next moment the taxi swerved into the oncoming traffic. The Pajero swerved to the left to avoid a head on collission and the taxi hit him front right, leaving the Pajero spinning off the road, nearly colliding into the Ford Territory that was travelling behind it. The Territory went left off the road, avoiding the taxi colliding into it after the taxi hit the Pajero. The taxi missed the Territory by mere inches before coming to a standstill in the bushes behind the Territory, facing direction as on this photo. Meanwhile the Territory had to again swerve out for the spinning Pajero which came to a halt in the bushes a few metres in front of the Territory, both facing in their original travelling direction. According to the driver of the blue taxi, there was a red taxi which suddenly hit the brakes in front of him and he swerved out into the oncoming traffic to avoid hitting the red taxi. All we saw was the taxi swerving into the oncoming traffic and hitting the Pajero as described. The accident happened 9/2/2013 appox 11:25 and there was no stationary vehicle involved in the happenings as stated in report above.
jana is 100 per cent correct. i was in that back Pajero in which the blue taxi crashed !!!!!