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Twenty-nine children were injured when this bus overturned.
Thirty-nine schoolchildren were injured in two separate accidents in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday morning.
In the first incident, 29 children were injured when the bus they were traveling on overturned on the M70 outside Taylor’s Halt, according to ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring.
“At approximately 07:30, ER24 paramedics and other services arrived at the scene and found the bus on the side of the road. The children were found walking at the scene.”
Meiring said doctors evaluated the children and found that 29 had suffered minor to moderate injuries. “Fortunately, no serious injuries or deaths were found at the scene,” he said.
The children were treated for their injuries and later transported by various services to nearby hospitals.
This taxi crashed into a ditch, injuring 10 children.
In the second incident, 10 children were injured when the taxi they were traveling in veered off Morcom Road and crashed into a ditch in Mpumuza.
ER24 paramedics, along with other services, arrived at the scene and found the taxi in a ditch on the side of the road. The children were sitting on the grassy embankment.
They were treated for their injuries and later transferred to nearby hospitals for additional care.
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