What was meant to have being a day out with family turned into a night mare for an elderly woman after had been struck down by a taxi in Howick this morning.
Bystanders contacted ER24 through the national contact number on 084124 and informed the call taker that there had been an accident and that a woman was stuck underneath the taxi. Paramedics arrived on the scene within minutes of the call being taken. The elderly woman by this time had been removed from underneath the taxi by the members of public.
The woman was treated for serious injuries and needed advanced life support intervention. A drip was put up and she was given fluid and pain medication before she was transported to Pietermaritzburg Medi-Clinic in a serious but stable condition for further medical care.
It is believed that the elderly woman drove up from Pietermaritzburg to have early lunch with her family. She had just parked her car and was crossing the road when the taxi came around the corner and collided into the patient. The impact caused her to be drag underneath the taxi for a few meters.
Derrick Banks
ER24