Three people, including a child, lost their lives in a multiple-vehicle accident this morning at about 07:15 on the KaNyamazane road.

The head-on collision involved a school bus, a truck and a bakkie. All necessary services are on the scene and the road will remain closed until about 10:00.

Both occupants of the bakkie lost their lives, as well as one of the children on the school bus.

Emer-G-Med’s Martin Jeffrey said 27 patients were transported to Rob Ferreira Hospital, from where those with medical aid will be transferred to private care facilities.

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This is the third accident in two weeks involving schoolchildren. Last week, seven children were struck by a vehicle on the KaBokweni road, exactly a week after six teenagers had passed away in the Middelburg area when their school bus crashed into a moving train.