ALS Paramedics responded to a serious head-on collision in Cliffdale.
Paramedics arrived on the scene to find carnage as they found that two vehicles collided head-on leaving multiple injured and multiple entrapped.
Immediately more Ambulances as well as Advanced Life Support Paramedics were dispatched to assist at the scene. A triage was done and it was established that the one vehicle had three occupants in it.
The front occupants both males believed to be in their thirties and forties were found severely entrapped in the wreckage.
Both men were assessed by Paramedics however both had sustained fatal injuries and there was nothing more Paramedics could do for them and they were declared deceased at the scene.
The Ethekweni Fire Department and Netcare911 Rescue unit used the Jaws of Life and other hydraulic equipment to cut the men free.
A four-year-old seated in the rear of the vehicle had sustained critical injuries and Advanced Life Support Paramedics worked to stabilize him on the scene before rushing him to a nearby Hospital for the urgent care that he required.
In the second vehicle approximately twelve occupants had sustained various injuries ranging from moderate to serious and were stabilized on the scene by various Ambulance services before being transported to various Durban Hospitals for the further care that they required.
At this stage the events leading up to the crash is unknown however SAPS were on the scene and will be investigating further.