A major accident involving a taxi has been reported on Marguerite Street in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain.
Images and videos shared across social media depict the taxi on its side, with severely injured passengers being helped out of the vehicle by passers by. Several children have been injured, and some are still trapped inside the vehicle. One learner is deceased.
It is unclear what happened.
As per the Western Cape Crime, Accident, News, Traffic Updates platform, Marguerite Street and Rooikrans Road are closed, and drivers are cautioned to make use of an alternate route.
More to follow.
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Picture: Screenshot from video taken at the scene