Five people were injured after a taxi and a car collided on Victoria Road in Pietermaritzburg CBD this morning at around 08h20. Exact detail to the cause of the accident is still speculative and will remain a subject for police comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the passenger from the car still trapped in the wreckage of her car, the other patients were found at the side of the roadway. After triaging the injured it was found that that a female had sustained critical injuries, two people sustained serious injuries while two escaped with minor injuries.
While the firemen extricated the critically injured female using the Jaws of Life, paramedics clambered into the wreckage to stabilize her. After the patients were treated on scene, paramedics transported them to various hospitals in the area for the care that they required.
