Road accidents claim nine lives

Eight people, including a 2-year-old boy, have died in an accident involving four vehicles on the N12.

According to Joburg metro police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar, the driver of a Mazda 3 travelling east along the N12 lost control just before the Golden Highway off-ramp just before 2pm on Saturday.

The car smashed into a truck before colliding head-on with a taxi before hitting a Ford Bantam.

Minnaar said four of the Mazda 3's passengers, along with the taxi driver and three of his passengers, including a 2-year-old boy, died in the crash.

According to Netcare 911 spokesperson Nick Dollman, firefighters had to use the jaws of life to free several of the dead and injured from the wreckages. Paramedics meanwhile attended to 20 patients, airlifting one to Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital.

By Laura Lopez Gonzalez

Source-http://www.iol.co.za