A man in his thirties is fighting for his life in a Gauteng hospital after he was struck by a taxi on the R82 in Vereeniging at around 9.10pm last night. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
“Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man to have sustained life threatening injuries”, said Chris Botha of Netcare 911.
After he was placed on a ventilator and deftly immobilized on a trauma board they air lifted the patient to a provincial hospital for the care that he required.