A crash involving a minibus taxi and a truck has killed at least 11 people in South Africa. A local government official and emergency services reported the incident Thursday. The collision happened in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma says 11 people including a child died at the scene. ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson has confirmed the deaths and says several people were critically injured. The driver of the minibus was trapped in the wreckage. South Africa’s Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has instructed the country’s Road Traffic Management Corporation to investigate. The accident follows a similar crash that killed 14 schoolchildren just over a week ago.
