Taxi accident
Mpumalanga taxi crash claims 8 lives
Ten other passengers are receiving medical treatment for moderate and serios injuries in hospital.
When paramedics arrived on the scene earlier on Thursday morning, they found the taxi lying on its side on Northumberland Avenue.
Several others were injured when the taxi overturned near the Glenhove off-ramp, in Houghton, on Monday morning.
The accident occurred shortly after 7am on Thursday morning.
CapeTalk presenter Africa Melane speaks to Khanyile Mbaba about his son Liyabonga and the moment when he received the call about his son being killed in a taxi accident.
The children, aged between five and 13, were on their way home on Monday afternoon when the vehicle crashed into a pole.
Paramedics say the woman was declared dead after succumbing to her injuries on Hertz Boulevard.
The accident occurred on Friday night at Mbewuleni Village in Dutywa along the R408.
ER24 staff transported three patients to nearby hospitals for further medical care. Nineteen other patients were transported to nearby medical facilities by other emergency services.
It’s understood a taxi and car collided. Two adults were also injured in the crash.
Emergency services say they found the taxi lying on its side on the Buccleuch interchange on Monday afternoon.
Four children between the ages of 13 and 15 are among those injured.
The victims died when the overloaded vehicle they were in veered off a bridge and rolled down an embankment last Sunday.
KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Mxolisi Kaunda says the taxi, which claimed 19 lives, is certified to carry only 16 passengers.
At least 12 others sustained critical injuries when the taxi they were travelling in veered off a bridge and rolled down an embankment.
At least 11 other people have been critically injured after the taxi they were in rolled down the Msunduzi Valley in Pietermaritzburg.
Thirteen others were injured in the crash and paramedics say they have been transported to hospitals
Paramedics say that two of the children are in a critical condition and had to be airlifted to hospital.
Paramedics found both vehicles off the side of the road with several children on the pavement.