11 dead in South Africa minibus, truck collision —just days after similar crash killed 14 children

JOHANNESBURG — A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said, just over a week after a similar road crash left 14 school children dead.

Thursday’s crash happened near the city of Durban in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.

Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.

A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said. AP

“Witnesses have alleged that the truck driver made a U-turn resulting in a head-on collision,”