UPDATE: Taxi rolls down embankment, 19 killed in Inchanga

KZN Emergency Medical Services, Robert Mckenzie says the taxi veered off the road and down an embankment. 

"Emergency services are currently busy on scene where a minibus taxi has left the road and crashed down an embankment. Tragically, as many as people as 15 people have sustained fatal injuries in this crash. 

"Paramedics are working together to treat the multiple other injured patients. We are waiting for further update from the scene," he says.

Police were also on the scene, investigating the cause of the crash.