20 hurt in Cresta accident

Twenty people were injured when a taxi and three cars collided at the corner of Beyers Naude and Judith streets in Cresta, Johannesburg.

Johannesburg – Twenty people were injured when a taxi and three cars collided at the corner of Beyers Naude and Judith streets in Cresta, Johannesburg, on Friday afternoon.

ER24 spokesperson Chitra Bodasing said paramedics and other services arrived on the scene and found a badly damaged taxi that had overturned lying on its roof.

“Three patients were trapped in the taxi. Fire and rescue services, with the assistance of paramedics, used the jaws-of-life and other rescue tools to extricate the patients. Upon assessment it was found that they sustained serious injuries.”

Other patients, most of whom were found sitting on the pavement, were assessed and found to have sustained moderate injuries. The patients were treated and transported to various hospitals, Bodasing said.

African News Agency

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