WATCH | SANDF vehicle overturns avoiding taxi driving on wrong side of the road

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A soldier is recovering in hospital after a speeding taxi caused a military troop carrier to crash, according to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

SANDF spokesperson Captain Thabo Sello told News24 the Caspir had flipped on to the tarmac while trying to avoid an on-coming taxi on the wrong side of the road. The robust military wagon had been carrying 10 members of the SA Infantry (SAI) Battalion, on their way to a deployment post in Umtata in the Eastern Cape on Monday.

"The incoming taxi was on the wrong side of the road, and the driver tried to avoid it," said Sello. The soldier was a woman, holding the rank of rifleman, which is the rank of a private in infantry battalions.The rifleman was taken to a SAI military hospital for observation and later transferred to hospital in Umtata. Her injuries were not specified.The heavy-duty Caspir had been recovered from where it lay in the road and was being assessed.

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Look at the speed that military vechile is driving!!!!!

It is Mabena who was driving that SANDF vehicle

This is not what happened here. The Caspir was the one that hit a concrete barrier and lost control,almost hitting a vehicle and a taxi that was driving in its lane at normal speed. Even in this video its clear that the taxi slowed down.

Mabena on the wheel

WTF really this not a April Fool's joke ?

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