9 Injured in Taxi Collision

Nine people were injured this afternoon in a collision between a taxi and a security bakkie on Boshoff and Long Market Streets, Pietermaritzburg.


Paramedics that arrived on the scene found the bakkie in a nearby wall of a building and the taxi in the middle of the road.

It is understood that the bakkie and the taxi collided head on with each other sending the bakkie through a palisade fence before crashing into the nearby building.

The male driver of the bakkie sustained moderate injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital. Eight occupants of the taxi also sustained moderate injuries and was assessed on the scene before being transported to a nearby hospital.

The exact cause of the accident is not yet known.