{"id":43496,"date":"2026-01-27T12:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/serious-two-taxi-collision-m25-kwamashu-highway\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:35:20","slug":"serious-two-taxi-collision-m25-kwamashu-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/serious-two-taxi-collision-m25-kwamashu-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious Two-Taxi Collision, M25 KwaMashu Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A serious motor vehicle collision involving two taxis occurred on Tuesday morning along the M25 KwaMashu Highway, in the direction of Bester.<\/p>\n<p>KZN VIP Emergency Medical Services were dispatched following multiple reports requesting urgent medical assistance. Upon arrival, KZN VIP medics found both vehicles to be severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Patients were assessed and treated on scene. Injuries ranged from minor to moderate, and those requiring further care were stabilised and transported to nearby medical facilities for further assessment and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances leading up to the collision remain unconfirmed at this stage. All relevant emergency services were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>KZN VIP Emergency Services<\/p>\n<p>24 Hour Control Centre: 031 502 3456<br \/>\nEmergency WhatsApp: 067 712 7976<br \/>\ninfo@kznvip.co.za&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76250&#038;page=serious-two-taxi-collision-m25-kwamashu-highway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A serious motor vehicle collision involving two taxis occurred on Tuesday morning along the M25 KwaMashu Highway, in the direction of Bester. KZN VIP Emergency Medical Services were dispatched following multiple reports requesting urgent medical assistance. Upon arrival, KZN VIP medics found both vehicles to be severely damaged. Patients were assessed and treated on scene. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/622345609_1308866354507434_8111434009871409786_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[66,2152,1888,1327,2168],"class_list":["post-43496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-kzn","tag-taxi","tag-taxi-accident","tag-taxis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/622345609_1308866354507434_8111434009871409786_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}