Pole kills boy hanging out of window

Published Jul 9, 2015

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Durban - A 16-year-old school boy who had his head out of a bus window was killed in Durban when the bus went past a pole, paramedics said.

Robert McKenzie said the bus was going down the narrow Duck King street in Durban when the accident happened.

McKenzie said he could not confirm if the boy was decapitated. He said initial reports were that he boy was killed when his head struck by a pole that the bus was passing.

He said another child was treated at the scene, but he did not have further details of that child’s injuries.

The boys are believed to have been on a school trip from Lesotho.

McKenzie said police were on scene and investigating the accident.

ANA

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