Two school pupils were seriously injured and 10 others sustained minor injuries when a taxi they were travelling in overturned in Gillitts, paramedics said.
|||Durban - Two school pupils were seriously injured and 10 others sustained minor injuries when a taxi they were travelling in overturned on Wednesday morning in Gillitts, near Pinetown, paramedics said.
Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha said the accident happened on Stockville Road at about 7am.
The cause of the accident was not known. The pupils had been taken to various hospitals in Durban.
In another accident, a six-year-old pupil was in a critical condition at the Albert Luthuli Hospital after being hit by a vehicle.
Botha said the girl was hit while she was crossing Briardale Road in Newlands West, Durban, at around 7am.
When paramedics arrived on the scene they placed her on a ventilator, he said. - Sapa