Taxi collision leaves 22 children injured

Taxi collision leaves 22 children injured

Twenty-two children aged between Seven and Fifteen years old have sustained minor to moderate injuries after the taxi they were traveling in lost control on Intake Road which runs off Wybank road in Kloof this afternoon.

Redline Response paramedics arrived on the scene and found Provincial EMS already in attendance. On closer inspection the, medics found the taxi had collided with the barrier and street pole before coming to a rest. Redline Paramedics assisted the Provincial service who had transported some of the patients to the hospital. It is believed that the patients were all found outside of the Taxi when emergency personnel arrived on the scene. They were treated for minor to moderate injuries before being transported to various hospitals in the greater

Durban area for further medical care.

It is unclear what caused the taxi driver to lose control of the vehicle but the necessary authorities were on the scene and would investigate the incident further.

Traffic was slightly…


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