Driver and passenger seriously injured after a tree collapsed onto a passing taxi on Trafford Road in Westmead just after 6 am on Wednesday morning.
Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find that a tree had collapsed crushing a passing taxi. The driver and a passenger were entrapped in the taxi and Rescue Care Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilize the patients while the Netcare911 Rescue Unit together with the Durban fire department used the Jaws of life to cut the patients from the vehicle. Once free both patients were transported to the hospital for the further care that they required.
The events leading up to the incident are unknown however SAPS was on the scene and will be investigating further.
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