11 people lost their lives, and eight were critically injured when a minibus taxi collided head-on with a truck on the N2 near St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal in the early hours of Sunday.
According to the KZN Department of Transport, the tragic collision took place at around 4am in the Inkosi Mtubatuba Municipality, when a minibus taxi travelling northbound on the N2 collided with a truck travelling south.
The crash killed 11 occupants, while a further eight sustained critical injuries, including burn wounds, after the taxi caught alight.
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Siboniso Duma, KZN MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those who died in the accident.
A spokesperson for the MEC said the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) will work with the SAPS to establish the exact cause of the crash
