Taxis Collide Head On In Fourways

Two taxis have collided head on at the Grosvenor Crossing intersection of William Nicol and Main Road in Fourways. ER24 paramedics on the scene said that the two mangled taxis landed up in the middle of the intersection after they had collided.

According to those paramedics on scene, there were people all over the road, some were able to still walk around while others were lying in the road. Others were still trapped in the mangled vehicles. All emergency services in the areas provided resources to deal with the large number of patients on the scene. 

Six people had sustained critical injuries and needed Advanced Life Support treatment, two of them were actually airlifted from the scene by helicopter and were transported to a Johannesburg hospital for treatment. Seven other had sustained serious injuries, while a further eleven had only sustained minor injuries. The patients were a mixture of males and females, and it would appear that there were no children involved. 

Paramedics spent two hours on the scene, and the intersection was almost completely blocked to the early morning peak hour traffic. Fortunately the Police and Metro Police were on scene to assist with traffic flow and keeping the scene safe for the emergency workers and patients.