Teen dies in northern KZN bakkie crash
A 14-year-old boy has been killed after a bakkie transporting school children was involved in a crash with another vehicle in northern KZN.
More than a dozen other children were hurt, some of them critically, in the collision between Mandeni and Eshowe.
IPSS Medical Rescue's Paul Herbst says helicopters are busy airlifting some of the injured pupils to medical facilities.
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"There were six critically injured patients, eight with moderate injuries and others with minor injuries. A military helicopter, Oryx is being sent to the hospital where four critically injured will be treated.
"The Air Mercy services helicopter is already transported one patient and had rerouted back for a second patient," he says.
It's unclear what caused the crash.