Six people died and nine others were critically hurt whe the bakkie they were traveling in, crashed, while enroute to a funeral. Six people died and nine others were critically hurt whe the bakkie they were traveling in, crashed, while enroute to a funeral.
Two people, including a nine-year-old child, were killed and three others injured when a truck ploughed into a house in which the child was sleeping at Thornton, outside Mariannhill, on Thursday afternoon.
The driver jumped out of the runaway vehicle, but died of his injuries on the scene.
Three bystanders were injured by falling powerlines when the truck hit a light-pole before it slamed into the house killing
Olwethu Mphindwa, 9, who was asleep in his bed.
In a statement on Thursday night, KZN Transport MEC Willies Mchunu said he was deeply sadden by what had happened.
Transport spokesman Kwanele Ncalane said that preliminary reports indicated that the truck’s brakes had failed.
Meanwhile, another truck ploughed through a playground and crashed into a tree on the corner of Ganesh and Houghton Roads, in Clairwood, south of Durban, on Thursday.
No children were on the ground at the time and only the truck driver sustained injuries. - The Mercury