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A tractor and a minibus taxi collided on Oakford Road in Oakford, KwaZulu-Natal, injuring nine people.
The incident occurred on Saturday, October 1, 2022, in the afternoon. According to Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA), private security, they received numerous calls from passing motorists and witnesses requesting assistance for the injured.
According to Prem Balram, Reaction Officers and RUSA Medics were immediately dispatched and arrived at approximately 12:09 p.m.
When they arrived, they found a 67-year-old woman trapped in the wreckage. She suffered numerous traumatic injuries. When the eThekwini Fire Department arrived, the female was stabilized in the vehicle and extracted.
Balram also stated that eight other passengers were injured and were taken to the hospital by ambulance. “According to witnesses, the tractor towing a trailer loaded with sugar cane was turning into an unpaved road when the white Toyota Quantum that was approaching from the opposite direction collided into it. The minibus taxi was allegedly travelling at a high rate of speed at the time of the incident. The force of the impact resulted in the tyres on the tractor breaking off the axles.”
In another incident, seven people were killed and three others were critically injured when two light motor vehicles collided on the R31 about 15 kilometers outside Kuruman, Northern Cape. The accident occurred on Saturday, September 24, 2022.
According to emergency services, ER24 and other services arrived on the scene shortly before 12:00 and discovered one vehicle on its roof on the road and another light motor vehicle some distance away.