A driver is in a serious condition after crashing his car into the side of a taxi on the M19 Pinetown bound just past Mount Batten Drive this morning.
Emergency personnel arrived on the scene to find the light motor vehicle in the right hand lane of the highway with the drive still inside the car, while the taxi was found a few meters away in the centre medium. The driver of the taxi was also found seated behind the wheel.
The driver of the light motor vehicle had sustained serious chest injuries and possible neck and back injuries. Advanced Life Support intervention was performed on the patient. The patient was placed on a drip and given analgesic medication before being taken out of the vehicle. The man was stabilised further before being transported by road to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
Emergency personnel arrived on the scene to find the light motor vehicle in the right hand lane of the highway with the drive still inside the car, while the taxi was found a few meters away in the centre medium. The driver of the taxi was also found seated behind the wheel.
The driver of the light motor vehicle had sustained serious chest injuries and possible neck and back injuries. Advanced Life Support intervention was performed on the patient. The patient was placed on a drip and given analgesic medication before being taken out of the vehicle. The man was stabilised further before being transported by road to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
.JPG)
The driver of the taxi sustained minor injuries and was transported to Addington Hospital for a general check up.
It is believed that the driver of the light motor vehicle was travelling to work in the direction of Pinetown when the taxi did an illegal turn in the highway, causing the driver of the light motor vehicle to crash into the taxi side on. The necessary authorities were on the scene and would be investigating the incident further.
Hi, my name is Adrian, I witnessed first-hand the accident on M19, the morning of July 6th, 2010, at 07:50 in the morning. I was driving the first car behind the Opel Kadett that was driven by the unfortunate young Indian guy, that got nearly killed just because a taxi driver that abruptly turned right infront of us, sideways in the road, coming from the emergency yellow lane, I guess he wanted to turn onto the opposite direction. The accident was ALL taxi driver’s FAULT, as he didn’t even signal that he wanted to do a turn, let alone that it’s illegal to do that on M19. As we were approaching the place where the taxi was, it turned ABRUPTLY right infront of us, so quick that the Indian guy didn’t have any time to hit the brakes. It was like the taxi driver was doing it on purpose, I don’t know what he was thinking, but for sure he didn’t check the oncoming traffic. GOD help the Indian guy and his family, I hope he’ll make it through.
ReplyDelete