Twenty school children on their way home from school have been injured in an accident on Rick Turner Road near UKZN University in Umbilo on Friday afternoon around 2:30pm.
Rescue Care Paramedics arrived on the scene to find the vehicles had collided in a T Bone format. The taxi carrying twenty one children was severely damaged and the driver had absconded. Immediately more ambulances were dispatched to assist as well as Advanced Life Support Units. Once all the injured had been stabilised on the scene they were then transported to various Durban Hospitals for the further care that they required.
At this stage the events leading up to the collision is unknown however SAPS were on the scene and will be investigating further.
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