A crash on the N1 southbound near the Olifantsfontein off-ramp left two children dead, five injured, and three children allegedly rushed to hospital before emergency workers arrived at the scene.

Emer-G-Med spokesperson Kyle van Reenen said that paramedics arrived at the scene just before 17:00 on Saturday.

When paramedics arrived at the scene they found that an SUV had overturned after colliding with another vehicle.

The rollover resulted in some of the occupants being ejected from the vehicle.

“Prior to the arrival of paramedics, three children were allegedly rushed to a nearby hospital by bystanders,” said Van Reenen.

He said that a 17-year-old boy was found to have sustained critical injuries after being ejected from the vehicle.

“Emer-G-Med paramedics exhausted several advanced life support resuscitation methods, however unfortunately, the patient succumbed to the critical injuries that he sustained and he was declared dead on the scene.”

Upon further investigation, first responders found a 9-year-old boy unresponsive in the overturned vehicle with fatal injuries.

“There was nothing paramedics could do to assist him and he was declared dead on the scene,” said Van Reenen.

He said that a man and a woman from the same vehicle, as well as three occupants of the second vehicle, sustained moderate injuries.

“They were treated and stabilized on scene before being transported to a nearby hospital,” he added.

Van Reenen said that the cause of the crash and the events preceding it would form the subject of a South African Police Services investigation.