24 children injured near Mandeni
21 school children were packed into the back of the Hyundai.
An accident between Sundumbili and Mandeni involving a Hyundau H100 carrying 24 school children and a taxi this morning left multiple people injured.
The accident occurred shortly before 7am this morning on the P459 at the traffic lights entering Sundumbili.
According to IPSS Medical Rescue’s Paul Herbst, the Hyundai carrying the children rear ended the taxi – which was empty – and which in turn rear ended another vehicle.
Twenty-five people were injured including the driver of the vehicle in which the children were being transported.
IPSS Medical Rescue‘s advanced life support paramedics treated the wounded alongside the road.
“There were multiple injuries ranging from minor all the way up to serious among the children,” said Herbst.
“One child’s legs were trapped and he had to be freed by rural fire fighters using the jaws of life.”
All the patients have since been removed from the crash and have been taken to various medical facilities.
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