Six injured in Crash

At approximately 19h00 a minibus from a local church collided with a car travelling on William Nicol towards the Fourways Mall. According to the driver of a the red Mazda 626 a white combi drove right in front of him in the intersection. He could not swerve in time to avoid the collision. The Mazda collided on the passenger side of the the combi.

Four people were injured in the Mazda - two of them with massive facial lacerations and a child of 11 years old. The driver of the Mazda, a 38 year old male, explained that they were on their way from their home in Diepsloot to drop off one of the ladies at her home in Fourways when the accident occurred. The front occupants of the Mazda were flung against the windscreen and the rear passengers were flung forward in the collision.

Two women were treated on scene for severe facial and leg lacerations. The boy (11) and the driver were also treated on scene. (It is unclear at this stage if the mother of the boy was in the car). All of them had to be stabilised first and was then transported in a stable condition to the Helen Joseph Hospital.

Two occupants of the combi was uninjured, but assessed by paramedics on scene. They were returning from a home across the road to go back to the Church when the accident occurred. They did not want to comment any further.

The intersection was not well lit.