Picture: (Police)

BY REGINALD KANYANE

One person died while fourteen others were injured after a taxi burst into flames on the N3 near the R554 this afternoon. A report from the scene indicates that it appears that the wheel of the taxi came off and while sliding on the axel the vehicle burst into flames. Exact detail to the cause however will remain a subject for police investigation.

Netcare 911 paramedics the fire services and other ambulance services arrived at the scene and found the vehicle engulfed in flames. All the passengers except one person managed to escape from the inferno. After triaging the injured, it was found that one person tragically died due to extensive burns, five people were critically injured, one a small child while eight others sustained injuries ranging from serious to minor.

After the injured were stabilised they airlifted a man with 80% burns with the Netcare one helicopter while the others were transported by ambulance to various hospitals in the area for the care that they required.

-TDN

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