Three people were seriously injured after a taxi collided into a stationary bakkie on West Street in Durban’s CBD, early this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find a taxi lying on its side blocking two lanes of the road and a bakkie completely destroyed in a parking bay next to the taxi. [...]
18 people were injured 3 critically so after a taxi and a sedan collided at the intersection of Sydenham and Sandler roads in the Fairmont area of Johannesburg this morning at around 06h45. Exact details to the cause of the accident remain speculative; however the taxi overturned after impact and ejected the patients onto the [...]
Eyewitnesses in Chesterville Township in Durban said that it seems that a white minibus taxi was about to be hijacked when the driver took off down the road, allegedly to get away from an unknown number of men that were shooting at him from outside the taxi. The male driver, of unknown age, was allegedly [...]
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The South African National Taxi Council on Monday said it fears renewed tensions between rival groups in the South Peninsula could spread. Three taxi drivers who were involved in a stand off with illegal operators appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. They were arrested last week following a flare up of taxi violence [...]
Twelve people including a five year child have been injured after a taxi and a light motor vehicle collided at the intersection of Commercial and Grey Street this afternoon. When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene they found the taxi in the intersection and the light motor vehicle up against the curb on the other [...]
Twelve people were injured when a taxi crashed into the back of a truck on Koeberg Road, near Democracy Drive, in Milnerton. The front passenger of the taxi was trapped in the vehicle and needed to be extricated by rescue crews from the Fire Department using hydraulic rescue equipment. All the patients sustained minor to [...]
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Fifteen people including the driver have been injured after the taxi they were traveling in over turned on the R56 just 8km outside Richmond this afternoon. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find what was left of the taxi in the middle of the road. Patients were found lying across the busy R56. The [...]
Thirteen commuters have been injured after the taxi they were travelling in over turned on Mayors Walk this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find the taxi lying on its side of the island with all the commuters lying on the grass near the accident. Four patients were treated for neck and back [...]
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Two people are in a critical condition, another eight have sustained serious injuries and eight more have sustained minor to moderate injuries after a taxi collided into a truck on Old Main road near the M13 Fields Hill this afternoon. Er24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find Old Main road leaving Pinetown closed to [...]
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Pietermaritzburg ( Northdale ) Deccan and Balhambra road. A eight commuters have been injured after the taxi they were travelling in over turned at the intersection of Deccan and Balhambra road in Northdale this morning. ER24 and other emergency personnel arrived on the scene to find the taxi lying on its side with the commuters [...]
