Durban – Two school pupils were seriously injured and 10 others sustained minor injuries when a taxi they were travelling in overturned on Wednesday morning in Gillitts, near Pinetown, paramedics said.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the accident happened on Stockville Road at about 07:00.

The cause of the accident was not known. The pupils had been taken to various hospitals in Durban.

In another accident, a 6-year-old pupil was in a critical condition at the Albert Luthuli Hospital after being hit by a vehicle.

Botha said the girl was hit while she was crossing Briardale Road in Newlands West, Durban, at around 07:00.

When paramedics arrived on the scene they placed her on a ventilator, he said.

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