Durban – A female passenger died and 11 others were injured in an early morning minibus taxi crash on the N3 Durban Bound before Lion Park.
“Just before 6 am on Saturday morning ALS Paramedics from our Hibiscus Cato Ridge Hospital Operation responded to numerous calls of a serious Taxi Crash on the N3 Durban Bound before Lion Park,” spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said.
“Paramedics arrived on the scene to find chaos and carnage as they found that a taxi with twelve occupants had somehow lost control and collided with the centre concrete barrier ejecting some of its occupants.”
More Ambulances as well as Advanced Life Support Paramedics were dispatched to assist at the scene.
“One person a female believed to be in her thirties was found to have sustained major injuries and unfortunately there was nothing Paramedics could do for her and she was declared deceased on the scene,” Jamieson said.
Jamieson said the remaining 11 patients had sustained various injuries and once stabilised on the scene they were transported to various Cato Ridge and Pietermaritzburg hospitals for the further care that they required.
SA Police Services officers and Road Traffic Information Unit officials were on the scene of the crash.
