KWAZULU-NATAL. – Two people have died and a third person is critically injured after a head-on collision between a taxi and a car on the R622 in the Mooi River area. The accident occurred on Friday at approximately 17:40.
Paramedics from Midlands EMS Howick's rescue team and other Midlands EMS units were called to the scene. One occupant of the car was trapped in the wreckage with fatal injuries after the collision. The person was declared dead at the scene by paramedics. A second person, who was thrown from the taxi during the collision, was also declared dead at the scene.
A third person was found in a critical condition. Paramedics administered emergency treatment, stabilised the patient and transported them to a nearby hospital.
Authorities were at the scene and the circumstances of the accident are being investigated.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
