A woma was killed and 17 other people were injured after a minibus taxi collided with an SUV in Constantia.
|||Cape Town - A woman was killed and 17 others injured after a minibus taxi collided with an SUV on Constantia Main Road on Tuesday.
City traffic services spokeswoman Merle Lourens said the incident took place at the intersection with Alphen Drive at around 5pm.
There was chaos as paramedics rushed to the scene to treat the injured. Ambulances blockaded the road, their sirens wailing as medical staff lifted people onto stretchers and bandaged bleeding wounds.
A 30-year-old woman was declared dead at the scene, while 17 others were rushed to hospital. Lourens said a two-year-old girl was among the injured.
Emergency services spokesman Darren Francis said four of the passengers were in a critical condition and were taken to ICU at Groote Schuur.
“Four passengers, with multiple injuries, were taken to Victoria hospital… Nine patients were taken to Retreat (community) hospital to be treated for minor injuries.”
In central Cape Town, a taxi ploughed into a queue of commuters at the station deck taxi rank. Three people were taken to hospital.
Francis said they were still receiving treatment at the time of going to print on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, two pedestrians walking on the pavement on the corner of Symphony Way and Stellenbosch Arterial were injured after a drunk driver riding along the kerb smashed into them.
Lourens said the car overturned after the collision and caught alight.
The unscathed driver was arrested by police. The pedestrians were taken to hospital.
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Cape Argus