One person has been killed and 60 others seriously injured following a road accident involving a truck transporting workers in KwaZulu-Natal
Paramedics responded to a multiple casualty scene on Hella Hella Pass just before 7am on Wednesday morning. Picture: ALS ParamedicsALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said officials responded to a multiple casualty scene.carrying labourers to work somehow veered off the gravel road colliding with a tree.
“Unfortunately one female believed to be in her 50s sustained major injuries and there was nothing paramedics could do for her. She was declared deceased on the scene,” said Jamieson.‘So much to offer the world’ – Chiloane at memorial for 11 pupils who died in crash He added that events leading up to the crash is unknown, however, police were in attendance and will investigate further.The accident happened after a Ford Ranger rammed into a Toyota Siyaya on the N12 near Fochville, causing it to overturn before it eventually caught fire.Ramaphosa said he was “deeply saddened” by the deaths of the pupils and conveyed his condolences to the families, friends, fellow pupils and educators of the deceased children.
“The loss of such young lives at the start of a new school term touches all of us as a nation. We wish the affected families and school communities the best as they mourn the passing of children who have been deprived of fulfilling their potential and spending their lives with families and friends.”‘We don’t want to lose pupils’ – Gwarube says scholar transport ‘remains a big priority’
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