Eighteen people have been injured after a taxi collided with a car on Hans Detman Highway in Shallcross Durban just after 2pm today.
Rescue Care Paramedics and other services arrived on scene to find that a taxi and a vehicle had collided on partially head on. Multiple patients were found lying on the roadway some with serious injuries. More ambulances were dispatched to the scene as well as Advanced Life Support Units. Once all of the injured had been stabilized on the scene they were transported to various Durban Hospitals for the further care that they required.
At this stage it is unclear what caused the collision however SAPS were on the scene and will be investigating further.
Garrith Jamieson
Operations Director