One Person Critical After Taxi Accident

ER24 paramedics on the scene of the N12 taxi accident in Benoni said that only one person was left with critical injuries after the taxi overturned.

It seems that the taxi experienced mechanical problems, a large possibility being that one of the tires had burst. It is clear from the tracks on the road that the taxi skidded along approximately fifty meters before the driver completely lost control of the vehicle, after which the taxi hit the roadside sand, and then clumps of grass, causing it to overturns onto its side, and skidding a further twenty meters coming to rest in the roadside grass.

When paramedics arrived on scene, they noticed that all the occupants were outside of the taxi, and most of them were walking around, brushing off the dust and debris. They were then alerted to a woman that was lying a few meters from the taxi, semi conscious and somewhat unresponsive. The twenty five year old appears to have been flung out of the vehicle as it turned onto its side, leaving her with a serious head injury.

Advanced Life Support paramedics had to sedate the young lady and placed her on manual ventilation until the ER24 Discovery Medicopter arrived on scene to airlift her to a Johannesburg hospital for further treatment. Strangely, none of the other occupants, including the of the taxi, appeared injured. Only one woman and her child were transported to hospital by ambulance as she was worried that her child was crying, so she rather opted to have her child checked by a physician. The rest of the occupants all took private transport to their various intended destinations.

The taxi was the only vehicle that was involved, and the necessary authorities will be controlling the investigation into the exact cause of this accident.