Johannesburg - Two people were killed and at least 30 children injured Thursday morning after a bus and bakkie collided head-on in Northern Cape, ER24 paramedics said.
ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said the accident occurred on the Edendale Gravel Road near Kuruman.
Meiring said the bus and the wrecked bakkie, were found lying in the middle of the road, and children who were inside the bus were walking around the scene.
On assessment, paramedics found three occupants lying trapped inside the bakkie, Meiring said.
“The driver laid in a critical condition, while the two occupants, a male and female, had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries,” he said.
Meiring said the bus driver was found lying next to his vehicle in a critical condition, and roughly 30 children were found on the scene with only minor injuries.
“Paramedics and rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the trapped driver from the bakkie,” said Meiring.
Meiring said after paramedics freed the driver, treated all the patients for their injuries and provided the two critically injured drivers with advanced life support interventions.
When all the patients were treated, they were “transported to various hospitals for urgent medical attention”.
Local authorities were on the scene to conduct further investigations into the cause of the accident.
ANA
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