Sixteen taxi commuters were injured after a taxi overturned along the Edendale Road in Taylors Halt Pietermaritzburg this afternoon. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found accident debris spread over a large area . After triaging the patients, it was found that sixteen people had sustained injuries ranging from serious to minor.
Paramedics treated all the wounded at the scene before transporting them to various hospitals for the care that they required.