[ROODEPOORT – 22 JANUARY 2012 AT 17H30] One person is dead and sixteen other commuters have sustained injuries after a taxi lost control and rolled numerous times on Peter Road in Ruimsig, Roodepoort this afternoon. ER24 and other emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found the vehicle on the road on its wheels with [...]
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[HILLCREST – 03 JANUARY 2012 AT 12H45] ER24 paramedics were called to a motor vehicle accident on Fisher Road just outside of Hillcrest were a taxi had collided with a calf this afternoon. Paramedics arrived on the scene and found the taxi in the middle of the road and the calf just a few meters [...]
ER24 and the Provincial ambulance service have had their hands full this afternoon in Pietermaritzburg after a collision on Edendale Road involving three taxis and three light motors vehicles left eighteen people injured. Emergency personnel found that all the vehicles had collided into the back of one another and most of the commuters were found [...]
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A serious collision occurred this afternoon on the N2 highway on the Mew Way on-ramp. It’s still unclear as to how the collision occurred, but there were two vehicles involved. It seemed that a minibus taxi made contact with a light four door sedan. Both vehicles then allegedly lost control before overturning multiple times. The [...]
A serious motor vehicle collision occurred this morning at McEntire circle in Goodwood. It is unclear as to how exactly the collision occurred, but it involved a minibus taxi which was carrying 9 passengers. The minibus taxi entered the circle on Frans Conradie drive from the Goodwood side. Once in the circle it allegedly made [...]
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A motor vehicle collision occurred this morning on the N2 direction Cape Town, just past the Vanguard turn off. It is unclear as to how the collision occurred but it involved a total of three vehicles, a light passenger vehicle and two minibus taxis. When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene it was chaotic as [...]
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Nine people were killed and two others were left with multiple injuries in yet another horror taxi accident. It is understood that an 18-wheeler truck smashed into the taxi on the R57 between Sasolburg and Heilbron shortly after 22:00 this evening. Paramedics from ER24 that arrived on the scene described it as a horror scene [...]
Nine school children died in an accident on the Western Cape when a train and a taxi colided with each other. ER24 provided these photos to the Arrive Alive website. Also view: Road Safety and Level Crossings and Road Safety
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Twelve School Children Injured After Taxi Rolled. A taxi carrying school children has rolled at the intersection of Old Main and Ottovolk road this afternoon. ER24 along with EMRS arrived on the scene and found the taxi lying on its roof up against a robot near the intersection. The school children were found seated on [...]
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A minibus taxi burst into flames after it collided into a bakkie, at the intersection of Carl Cronje Drive and Mispel Street, in Tygervalley. Paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after the incident occurred and the taxi was already well alight. The driver, who was the only occupant of the taxi, was already out of [...]
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