One killed, 16 injured following head-on collision on Weilbach street in Meyerton

One person was killed and 16 others sustained injuries ranging from moderate to serious after a light motor vehicle and a taxi collided head on on Weilbach street in Meyerton early this evening.
When ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene just before 18H00, they found a light motor vehicle and a taxi on the side of the road. Upon further assessment, they found a man, believed to be in his 40s, entrapped inside the light motor vehicle. Unfortunately, the man showed no signs of life and he was declared dead on the scene. Paramedics also found that sixteen people from the taxi sustained moderate to serious injuries.
ER24, as well as another two medical services on the scene, transported the patients to hospital for further medical care.
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident were not yet known to our paramedics but police were on the scene for further investigations.

Ineke van Huyssteen
ER24 Spokesperson
 


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