TAXI AND BUS COLLIDE

THE driver of a minibus taxi died and two other passengers were transported to a medical facility for treatment after the taxi allegedly jumped a red robot and crashed into a Golden Arrow bus.

- BY MARSHA DEAN

The accident took place on Sheffield Road in Philippi East on Monday morning. And it is alleged by the Golden Arrow Bus Services that the taxi jumped the red robot and collided with the bus which was not carrying any passengers at the time.

Media liaison for the Golden Arrow Bus Services, Bronwen Dyke-Beyer, said that the bus had departed from the depot at the time of the accident.