Johannesburg - Eighteen people were injured in a head-on collision between a taxi and car in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg on Saturday, paramedics said.
Netcare 911 paramedics found some of them trapped in the wreckage's, spokesperson Chris Botha said in a statement.
"After all the injured were treated at the scene, paramedics transported them to various hospitals in the area for the care that they required," said Botha.
The cause of the accident was unclear.