On Monday 09 January 2023 at 18h10 in the Brakpan area, the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Tsakane Precinct officers, responded to a crash involving a minibus taxi, on Heidelberg Road in Brakpan.
On arrival, the EMPD officers found an overturned white Toyota Hi-Ace minibus taxi, with sixteen injured passengers, lying on the ground. It is alleged that the minibus taxi, was travelling from a shopping mall in Boksburg to Tsakane when the rear left tyre burst. The 58-year-old male taxi driver lost control of the vehicle and it rolled, ejecting commuters.
Most of the passengers, as well as the driver, sustained serious injuries, while the remaining passengers suffered minor injuries. All the necessary stakeholders were summoned, and the ambulances, transported all the patients, to the nearest hospital for medical attention.
A case of reckless and negligent driving has been registered at the Brakpan police station, pending further investigation.
