CORRECTION: KZN Umkomaas accident leaves fourteen dead and five injured
Netcare 911 has let us know that fourteen people lost their lives, two people were critically injured, one person sustained serious injuries and one person sustained moderate injuries.
Previously reported:
UPDATE:KZN Umkomaas accident leaves fifteen dead and five injured
FIFTEEN people have died and five were injured when the minibus they were passengers in collided with a stationary truck in Umkomaas.
Netcare 911 paramedics, its rescue unit and otherservices which responded found three people had sustained critical injuries, one person was seriously hurt while one person sustained moderate injuries. One of the critically injured people was airlifted to hospital for urgent medical care.
The remaining injured people were treated on scene before they were rushed to hospital for further medical care.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will be probed by police.
Number of passengers killed in Sappi taxi accident
A number of passengers have been killed after a mini-bus taxi ploughed into a stationary truck on the Sappi premises in Umkomaas on Friday afternoon, 22 November.
According to regional communications manager, Zelda Schwalbach, the number of dead and injured still need to be verified. “Details are sketchy, but it appears a privately-owned runaway mini-bus taxi crashed through the Sappi boom gate and smashed into a stationary truck,” she said.
Emergency teams are on site, as well as helicopters to transport the injured to hospitals.
