Prisoners injured in taxi crash
29/05/2007 16:38  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - Twenty-three awaiting-trial prisoners, a police officer and a taxi driver were injured in a road accident in Boksburg on Tuesday, police said.

Captain Mack Mngomezulu said a truck transporting 53 prisoners from Boksburg Prison to Alberton Magistrate's Court collided with a taxi and overturned on the corner of Rondebult Road and Kingfisher Avenue.

The cause of the accident was not yet known as both drivers were taken to hospital in a serious condition, Mngomezulu said.

The injured prisoners were also taken to hospital, one of them in a serious condition.

He said the taxi driver was alone at the time of the accident.

A case of reckless or negligent driving was being investigated.

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