10 people have been injured after the taxi that they were travelling in collided into the trailer of a tractor on Kassler Road in Hillcrest this morning.
What transpired in the accident, and the cause, will need to be investigated by the police who attended the scene. Bystnaders said that the taxi may have been trying to overtake the tractor and trailer whe he suddenly collided into the trailer.
The 10 occupants of the taxi, including the driver, were treated for moderate injuries and were taken to surrounding hospitals for further care.
The man driving the tractor was fortunately uninjured, and the trailer that he usually transports farm workers in was luckily unoccupied at the time.
Vanessa Jackson
ER24