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Onlookers at the site of an accident in Pietermaritzburg involving scholar transport.
Another crash involving scholar transport has left three learners with minor injuries in the same area where five learners lost their lives in Thursday’s crash at Imbali township in Pietermaritzburg.
Five learners aged between 11 and 15 died and nine others were seriously injured when the driver lost control and crashed into a daycare centre on Thursday.
On Friday morning in the same spot, another taxi, also used as a scholar transport, lost control and crashed, injuring three learners.
KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service Spokesperson Craig Botha says, “KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to the scene of a motor vehicle collision involving a taxi carrying school children in the Imbali area of Pietermaritzburg at approximately 08:00 this morning. The incident occurred while a TV news crew was filming the aftermath of a separate collision from the previous day. A taxi carrying school children to their respective schools inexplicably lost control. No serious injuries or fatalities were reported. Three children sustained minor injuries and paramedics rendered immediate medical attention to the patients.”
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