Sixteen people injured when the taxi they were travelling in overturned at around 12oclock on the N4 Bakwena Platinum Highway near Mooinooi Bridge between Rustenburg and Brits on Wednesday afternoon.
The driver and five passengers sustained serious injuries while nine passengers who were in the taxi were also slightly injured. The accident apparently occurred after the trailer that the taxi was towing lost its axial.
All of the injured passengers were rushed by paramedics from the Emergency Medical Services to Peglaray. Ferncrest and Job Shimankane Tabane Hospitals.
In wishing the injured a speedy recovery, North West MEC for Public Safety, Howard Yawa appeals to motorists to check the roadworthiness of their vehicles and trailers before they embark on their journeys.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele
Tel: 018 381 9171
Cell: 083 629 1987
Fax: 018 381 9123
E-mail: LKgwele@nwpg.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Public Safety, North West Provincial Government
23 December 2009
