Seven people have died after a minibus taxi and a car collided in Saulsville, Atteridgeville, in the City of Tshwane.
Thabo Charles Mabaso, the Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson said the collision happened on Saturday, along the busy WF Nkomo Street.
“The Tshwane Emergency Services Department responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a minibus taxi and a light motor vehicle on WF Nkomo Street near Schurveberg Road in Saulsville, at approximately 6:30am on August 27, 2022,” said Mabaso.
“Emergency Services arrived on scene to find a light motor vehicle that collided head on with a minibus taxi, with multiple patients still trapped in the minibus taxi. Upon assessment of the scene and patients, paramedics declared three male patients dead on the scene
The three men were travelling inside the minibus taxi, and firefighters has to use the “Jaws of Life” to eradicate their bodies from the minibus.
A woman was extricated from the light motor vehicle (a black Mercedes Benz sedan) and was transported to Kalafong Hospital, in a critical condition, while the man travelling in the same vehicle sustained minor to moderate injuries.
“Four out of the six patients who were transported to Kalofong Hospital in critical condition were later declared dead, bringing the total number of the deceased to seven,” said Mabaso.
The remaining eight people who survived are receiving treatment at Kalafong, Steve Biko and Pretoria West hospitals.
Source: The South African, The Citizen, IOL, image from The South African: Tshwane Emergency Services Department