Seven killed, 12 injured in collision between minibus and car in northern KZN

Seven people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a minibus and a car on the road between Babanango and Nquthu in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday evening.

Five people died and six others were taken to hospital after a crash on the R518 road in the Lephalale Municipality, Waterberg District.
Five people died and six others were taken to hospital after a crash on the R518 road in the Lephalale Municipality, Waterberg District. (123RF/Jaromír Chalabala)

Seven people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a minibus and a car on the road between Babanango and Nquthu in northern KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday evening.

Both vehicles caught alight after the impact. The collision occurred on the P291 road.

KwaZulu-Natal emergency medical services spokesperson Robert Mckenzie said its paramedics and those from a private ambulance service transported the 12 injured to hospital for further medical care.

“One of these was in a critical condition while others sustained serious injuries.”

Mckenzie said the exact cause of the crash was not immediately known,

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