Five killed when truck crashes into THREE taxis and pedestrians

Five people were killed, and several others were left injured when a truck crashed into three taxis and pedestrians in Poortview, Roodepoort on Thursday, 12 January.

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Five people killed and several others injured

Various emergency services including ER24 and Emer-G-Med responded to the scene of the accident at around 13:30 to find several cars, a truck and three taxi’s on the side of the road.

A large number of patients were seen scattered around the scene.

Medics examined the patients and found that three women and one man had died as a result of their injuries.

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Nine people sustain injuries in the incident

Nine patients were treated on the scene. Four people were found in critical condition, while the other five had minor to moderate injuries.

Medics treated the patients and provided advanced life-support interventions to the critically injured.

Unfortunately, one of the critical patients succumbed to their injuries and was declared dead after some time.

The remaining patients were transported to various hospitals for further care after being treated.

Exact details of this incident are unknown, but local authorities were on the scene to conduct further investigations.

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