Child dies in Molweni taxi crash
A two-year-old girl has been killed in a crash involving a minibus taxi in Molweni, west of Durban.
A taxi transporting pupils to school this morning, rolled down an embankment.
Meditech's Michelle Smith says about nine children suffered minor injuries.
"On arrival - there were eleven occupants in the taxi including the driver. Nine children sustained various injuries - all minor injuries and were transported to hospitals in the Durban area with one child unfortunately being deceased on scene," Smith says.
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Clean-up operations are currently underway.