‘Horrific’: 82-seater bus rolls off embankment in KZN, children among casualties

Emergency services are currently on scene of a “horrific accident” on the N2 that has claimed at least eight lives, including that of a young child.

According to IPSS Medical Rescue, which is on the scene, a fully 82-seater bus carrying churchgoers was travelling between Mandeni Toll and the Tugela River in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday when it rolled down a steep embankment.

The N2 was closed in both directions following the accident.

There are reports of multiple passengers, including children, being critically injured.

IPSS spokesperson Samantha Meyrick said some of the service’s off-duty medics had been dispatched to assist at a busy accident scene.

There rescuers from several emergency services and government agencies are carrying patients to awaiting ambulances.

Amongst those that assisted were three German tourists, including a doctor, who stopped on scene and assisted until the end.

This is a developing story