More than 40 KZN children crammed in taxi hurt after it crashes into stationary van: More than 40 children packed into a minibus taxi were injured in an accident while being transported to school near Verulam, north of Durban on Wednesday.
Reaction Unit South Africa spokesperson Prem Balram said the children, aged between seven and 13, were hurt in a secondary collision in the vicinity of Buffelsdraai.“It's shocking,” he said.Paramedics were dispatched to the scene.The driver stopped in the emergency lane to alert authorities about a pedestrian who was killed in a hit-and-run accident.
“A minibus taxi transporting 44 children to Acacia Primary School in Verulam collided into the rear of the bakkie. The taxi crashed into this vehicle which had stopped in the emergency lane to report a hit and run accident.“The overloaded minibus veered into the oncoming lane and struck a pedestrian before it came to a stop.”
Balram said a seven-year-old girl was critically injured and rushed to hospital before paramedics arrived.“The deceased pedestrian has not been identified yet.”
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