Less than 12 hours after a devastating taxi accident claimed 10 lives on the MR385 in Cato Ridge, another serious collision on the same road this morning left 13 people injured, including several young schoolchildren.
The latest accident occurred directly outside Hibiscus Cato Ridge Hospital and involved a truck, a taxi and a light motor vehicle.
During the collision, one of the vehicles veered towards the roadside, striking a group of young pupils who had been waiting for transport.
A total of 13 people sustained injuries, including multiple children aged between eight and 10 years old.
With the accident unfolding immediately outside the hospital, Mi7 Emergency Medical Services personnel based at the facility, together with doctors and nursing staff, rushed out to assist the injured.
All 13 patients were brought from the accident scene into Hibiscus Cato Ridge Hospital, where medical teams conducted triage assessments and began treating and stabilising them.
The patients were assessed to determine the severity of their injuries and whether further medical care or transfer to another facility would be required.
The latest collision comes just hours after Wednesday evening's horrific accident on the same road, in which a taxi lost control, killing 10 people and leaving five others seriously injured.
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