By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
Seven people have died after a minibus taxi and a Mercedes-Benz collided head-on in Tshwane. The accident happened on WF Nkomo Street near Schurweberg Road in Saulsville.
Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson Thabo Charles Mabaso said the collision happened on Saturday.
The Tshwane Emergency Services Department responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a minibus taxi and a light motor vehicle on WF Nkomo Street near Schurveberg Road in Saulsville, at approximately 6:30am on August 27, 2022, “said Mabaso.
“Emergency Services arrived on scene to find a light motor vehicle that collided head on with a minibus taxi, with multiple patients still trapped in the minibus taxi. Upon assessment of the scene and patients, paramedics declared three male patients dead on the scene.”
“A female patient was extricated from the light motor vehicle, a black Mercedes Benz sedan, and was transported to Kalafong Hospital in a critical condition. A male patient from the same vehicle was transported with minor to moderate injuries,” said Mabaso.
Firefighters had to use the “Jaws of Life” to extricate the bodies of the three deceased men from the minibus.
In June, at least 15 people were killed in a horrific collision involving a bus and a truck that took place on the Hornsnek Road near Ga-Rankuwa, north of Tshwane.