By Kabelo Abel Mokgqlabone
POLOKWANE: A Thursday afternoon crash between a bus and taxi at corner Plein and Boeschoten in Polokwane has claimed one life.
This is according to ER24, who confirmed the death of a learner via a statement released on Friday morning.
‘Two children had to be extracted from the taxi by the fire department and were treated with advanced life support interventions before being transported to the hospital. ER24 paramedics were on the scene at 14:14 along with GPG, the fire and traffic departments, the police and other private emergency services. All the injured were from the taxi and it is believed no one from the bus was injured,” their statement reads.
Two children who were critically injured, a 13-year-old and nine-year-old boy were extracted from the vehicle by the fire department and treated with advanced life support interventions before being transported to hospital along with four other critically injured patients.
According to the report, four other children were seriously injured and two moderately injured while three children suffered minor injuries.
The 36-the-year-old driver was one of the moderately injured patients.
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