TWO people were killed and 30 others were injured when a bus and a delivery vehicle collided at the corner of Anton Lembede (Smith) Street and Khuzimpi Shezi (Williams) Road just after 1pm this afternoon.
According to Garrith Jamieson, operations director at Rescue Care, paramedics arrived on the scene to find total chaos. “A bus and a delivery vehicle had collided in the junction before the bus left the roadway, crashing through a fence that borders the taxi rank. Two people were found lying under the bus and had unfortunately passed away before paramedics arrived on the scene,” he explained.
Jamieson said 30 other patients sustained various injuries, ranging from minor to severe, and were stabilised on the scene before being transported by various ambulances to various hospitals around Durban.
The SAPS Search and Rescue and Durban Fire Department worked to free the trapped people from the bus.
At this stage, Jamieson said it was unclear what caused the collision, however SAPS were on scene and will be investigating further.
