Seven people were killed and three others injured after a head-on collision between a taxi and a truck on the R82 Koppies Road in Sasolburg recently.

The ER24 paramedics and other services arrived on the scene before around 8a.m. and found both the taxi and the truck on the side of the road. Both the vehicles were badly damaged. The medical personnel found a couple of patients trapped inside the taxi.

The personnel found that at least seven people from the taxi had sustained fatal injuries and nothing could be done for them, and they were declared dead on the scene.

Three other patients were attended to where one was found in a critical condition while two others had sustained moderate injuries. The patients were treated and provided the critically injured with advanced life support. Local authorities were on the scene for investigations.