21 children injured in taxi collision
They were transported to various hospitals for medical care after being stabilised at the scene.
Picture: Twitter/@AppSA
Twenty-one children have been injured after a taxi they were travelling in to school collided on the corner of Trafford Road and Hillclimb Road in Westmead Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, after 7:30 am on Monday morning.
Arrive Alive said in a statement: “Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find chaos. A taxi carrying school children to school collided in a T Bone format. Immediately more ambulances were dispatched to assist with the multiple children injured. Once stabilised on the scene, a total of twenty-one children were transported to various hospitals for the further care that they required.”
21 Kids injured in Westmead crash https://t.co/OcJQRSE73E #ArriveAlive @rescuecare pic.twitter.com/9dqPgRq7Ji
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) March 9, 2020
The event leading up to the collision is unknown and the SAPS were on the scene investigating.
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