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WILLOWBROOK - Two women were declared dead after this morning's accident on Hendrik Potgieter Road.
Two people died and ten were injured this morning in an accident between a taxi and a truck on Hendrik Potgieter Road, near the Doreen Road corner.
According to ER24 spokesperson, Russel Meiring, two people died in the accident.
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An eyewitness said both vehicles were travelling towards Ruimsig after 7am on 29 June, when the truck attempted to make a U-turn towards Johannesburg and collided with the taxi, ripping off the main door. The taxi rolled down the grass embankment next to the road.
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A large crowd gathered between the scattered pieces of the white taxi while the Johannesburg Metro Police Department’s accident unit, firefighters and paramedics attempted to treat the injured.
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“The injuries [of the 10 injured] ranged from minor to serious. Paramedics treated the patients and provided the seriously injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals,” Meiring said.
