Seventeen children injured in taxi accident

19 April 2017 - 10:53
By Taschica Pillay
A taxi overturned in Newlands East in Durban on Wednesday morning. 
Photo: EMS
A taxi overturned in Newlands East in Durban on Wednesday morning. Photo: EMS

Seventeen school children were injured when the minibus taxi they were travelling in overturned in Newlands East in Durban on Wednesday morning.

KZN EMS spokesman Robert McKenzie said the children‚ aged between eight and 11‚ were on their way to school.

“The children and the driver sustained minor injuries and were transported to hospital. The cause of the crash is unknown‚” said McKenzie.