A woman is in a critical condition after she was hit by a taxi and dragged 200 metres in Lonehill, Fourways, this morning, paramedics said
“A couple, in their 30s, were jogging to gym when they were hit by a taxi at 6.45am,” said ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks.
The man was able to get up after being hit, but his partner was dragged for about 200m.
Her partner shouted at the taxi driver to stop, but the driver only stopped when he smashed the window of the taxi, Banks said.
Members of the public freed her prior to the arrival of paramedics.
She had abrasions, burns and possible fractures, he said.
Both the man and the woman were taken to Fourways Life Clinic, where the woman is in a critical condition.
“Private security guards who witnessed the incident held the driver until police arrived,” Banks said.
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Woman hit, dragged by taxi
A woman is in a critical condition after she was hit by a taxi and dragged 200 metres in Lonehill, Fourways, this morning, paramedics said
“A couple, in their 30s, were jogging to gym when they were hit by a taxi at 6.45am,” said ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks.
The man was able to get up after being hit, but his partner was dragged for about 200m.
Her partner shouted at the taxi driver to stop, but the driver only stopped when he smashed the window of the taxi, Banks said.
Members of the public freed her prior to the arrival of paramedics.
She had abrasions, burns and possible fractures, he said.
Both the man and the woman were taken to Fourways Life Clinic, where the woman is in a critical condition.
“Private security guards who witnessed the incident held the driver until police arrived,” Banks said.
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He was rushed to the Tembisa State Hospital and Netcare911 Paramedics responded. They arrived to find that the child had sustained multi-system traumatic injuries and was in a critical condition.
A trauma doctor and a flight paramedic immediately initiated care, intubating the boy and placing him on a manual ventilator. He was airlifted by the Netcare1 Aeromedical Helicopter to the hospital for further urgent specialist care.
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One of the trucks had been carrying a payload of live bees. After the collision, the vehicle jack-knifed and skid across the road, spilling several hundred hives onto the road surface.
Netcare911 Paramedics arrived at the scene to find the driver and passenger of the rear truck had been killed on impact, the mangled wreckage of their cab still wedged against the other heavy goods vehicle. Medics braved the bees to treat and stabilise three injured occupants of the lead truck, who had sustained serious head and spinal trauma.
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