24 others were injured in the accident on Monday morning. Photo: Supplied
At least ten people have been killed on the R42 near Delmas in Mpumalanga during a collision involving a minibus taxi and a bus-truck.
It is understood 24 others have been injured in the accident early on Monday morning and have been rushed to hospital.
Mpumalanga Community Safety spokesperson Moeti Mmusi said eight of the deceased were occupants in the minibus taxi while two people were occupants in the bus truck.
“The deceased include the driver of the minibus taxi. The victims were declared dead at the scene. About 24 people sustained serious injuries, 18 of the injured were occupants in the bus truck, and six were in the minibus taxi. The injured were transported to the nearby hospitals.”
Moeti said the cause the accident is unknown at this stages, but an investigation is already underway.
Last week, an elderly man died after his vehicle crashed out of a shopping centre parkade onto the street below in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
It is understood the accident happened in Overport, Durban, just after midday.
ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said police were on scene to investigate the cause of the accident.
“Paramedics arrived on the scene to find carnage. A single vehicle which was on the top floor of the shopping centre parking lot had somehow lost control and ploughed through the parking wall coming to rest on the road below on its roof.
“The driver, and only occupant of the vehicle, was found severely entrapped in the wreckage with major injuries. Unfortunately, there was nothing paramedics could do for the man. He was declared deceased on the scene. The man is believed to be in his seventies,” Jamieson said.
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