Disabled teenager killed in R25 accident, 24 others injured
The male driver of the bakkie was also killed
Two people, including a disabled teenage girl, have died when a bakkie collided with a minibus taxi transporting disabled children from home to their special needs school.
The accident happened on the R25 near Bronkhorstpruitat at 8.30am this morning, Athlenda Mathe, spokesman for Netcare 911, said.
Netcare911 paramedics worked alongside paramedics from the provincial emergency services.
Twenty-four children have been injured, two of them critically. The Netcare1 helicopter has airlifted one of the disabled children to a hospital in Johannesburg for further medical care.
The rest of the injured children were stabilised on scene and transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
The male driver of the bakkie was also killed.
