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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Durban – Three people, including two children have been killed in a horror taxi crash on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.<\/p>\n

This after two minibus taxis crashed on the R61 between Southbroom and Ramsgate on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Robert Mckenzie, the spokesperson for the KZN Emergency Medical Services said that when paramedics arrived at the scene they found multiple people injured.<\/p>\n

Shawn Herbst the spokesperson for Netcare 911 said that medics assessed the scene and found that thirteen people had sustained moderate injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour people had sustained serious injuries and sadly three people, two of which were young children had sustained fatal injuries,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

Medics from multiple services, SAPS, Traffic Police as well as Fire and Rescue Services were in attendance.<\/p>\n

One person was flown by helicopter ambulance to hospital while the other patients were stabilised on scene and transported to hospital.<\/p>\n

The exact cause of the crash was yet known and was being investigated by police.<\/p>\n

The road was closed for several hour while crash scene investigators pieced together the events leading up to the crash.<\/p>\n

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