KWAZULU-NATAL. – One person is dead and seven others were injured when a taxi struck a group of pedestrians on Thursday evening at the corner of Green and White Lane in Isithebe.
Samantha Meyrick of IPSS Medical Rescue said paramedics arrived at a chaotic scene where the injured had sustained injuries ranging from minor to critical. One person was fatally injured and was declared dead at the scene. The injured were stabilised at the scene, after which three were transported to hospitals under the care of IPSS Medical Rescue's advanced life support paramedics.
The cause of the collision is being investigated by police.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.