News24 | KZN traffic cop, N3 toll official hit by 'speeding taxi'

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A traffic official and another official were hit head-on by a taxi while they were performing their duties on the N3 on Friday. (Midlands EMS/Supplied)

A traffic official and another official were hit head-on by a taxi while they were performing their duties on the N3 on Friday. (Midlands EMS/Supplied)

A traffic official and an official from N3 Toll Concession route services were seriously injured when they were hit head-on by a taxi while they were performing their duties on Friday on the N3. 

Spokesperson and national manager of Midlands EMS, Roland Robertson, said the officers were pulling trucks at the weighbridge when a speeding taxi came and hit them head-on.

He said the Midlands EMS control room received numerous calls reporting a motor vehicle accident on the N3 at the Mooi River off-ramp.

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