There are reports of multiple passengers, including young children, being critically injured.
Emergency services are currently on scene of a “horrific accident” on the N2 that has claimed at least six lives.
According to IPSS Medical Rescue, which is on the scene, a fully loaded 82-seater bus was travelling between Mandeni Toll and the Tugela River in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday when it rolled down a steep embankment.
The N2 was closed in both directions following the accident.
There are reports of multiple passengers, including young children, being critically injured.
A patient is loaded onto a stretcher. Picture: Supplied
“Reports are at least 6 deceased, we do not know if there are any children amongst the deceased,” said IPSS spokesperson Samantha Meyrick.
She said some of the service’s off-duty medics had been dispatched to assist at a busy accident scene.
There rescuers from several emergency services and government agencies are carrying patients to awaiting ambulances.
Emergency services are working to carry patients to awaiting ambulances. Picture: Supplied
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