Five Children Seriously Injured After School Transport Taxi Crashes Into Building in Gamalake

Anneliese van der Merwe Published 16 hours ago

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Five children aged between eight and 12 have sustained serious injuries after a taxi transporting them to school lost control and crashed into a building in the Okhalweni area of Gamalake, KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday morning, 20 October 2026.

The collision was reported at approximately 6:30am, when KwaZulu Private Ambulance was dispatched to the scene following reports of a crash.

According to the available incident report, emergency medical personnel arrived and assessed the scene, where they found that a taxi carrying schoolchildren had lost control before colliding with a building.

Five children and the taxi driver sustained serious injuries in the crash. The injuries included spinal injuries and broken bones, although the report did not specify which injuries were sustained by each patient.

Paramedics treated the injured at the scene and stabilised the patients before transporting them to a nearby hospital for further medical care.

The ages of the five injured children range from eight to 12 years, meaning all the children identified in the report were of primary-school age.

The taxi was transporting the children to school at the time of the incident. However, further details about the vehicle, the number of occupants inside it and the circumstances that caused the driver to lose control have not been released.

The current conditions of the injured children and the driver have also not been confirmed in the available information.

No further details were immediately available regarding the cause of the collision or whether an investigation had been initiated.