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Taxi company fined following deaths of two passengers in wheelchairs
Key takeaways
- Echuca Moama Taxi Group admitted it failed to ensure the safety of wheelchair users passengers after two people died in 2021.
- A taxi company in Victoria's north has been fined after it pleaded guilty to breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Echuca Moama Taxi Group (EMTG) admitted it exposed wheelchair-using passengers to a risk of death after two people died in separate incidents in 2021.
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Echuca Moama Taxi Group admitted it failed to ensure the safety of wheelchair users passengers after two people died in 2021. (Facebook)
A taxi company in Victoria's north has been fined after it pleaded guilty to breaching the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Echuca Moama Taxi Group (EMTG) admitted it exposed wheelchair-using passengers to a risk of death after two people died in separate incidents in 2021.
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