Schoolboys injured after being knocked down
Two young school boys who were hit by a car earlier this morning are fighting for their lives in hospital.
TWO school pupils are in hospital fighting for their lives after they were hit by a vehicle on a busy Durban road on Monday morning.
According to Garrith Jamieson, operations director for Rescue Care, the two boys, aged eight and 10 years old, were seriously injured when they were knocked over in Brickfield Road near Crescent Street at around 7am.
“Paramedics arrived to find the two injured boys on either side of the busy road. Both had sustained serious injuries and advanced life support intervention was needed to stabilise them on the scene before they were transported to hospital. The lady driving the vehicle was slightly injured and also transported to a nearby hospital,” he explained.
Jamieson said it was unclear what caused the accident, however SAPS were on the scene and will be investigating further.
“Traffic was severely affected as Brickfield Road north-bound was closed while emergency personnel worked to clear the scene,” he added.
