Boy, 12, injured in Pinetown car accident
A 12-year-old boy has been seriously hurt after being hit by a car in Pinetown's Westmead area.
Netcare911's Athlenda Mathe says the boy was knocked over at the corner of Goodwood and Hillclimb roads just after 8am.
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"It is alleged that the boy who was on his way to school was running across to the other side of the road when he was hit by a light motor vehicle.
"Netcare 911 paramedics managed to stabilise the injured boy on scene before transporting him for to a nearby hospital for further medical care," she said.
Meanwhile, four people were hurt - three of them seriously - after an accident on Durban's Margaret Maytom Avenue and Adelaide Tambo Drive.
Reports from the scene suggest a vehicle veered off the road and collided into an electrical pole before crashing into a wall.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
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