Johannesburg – A woman was killed, and her two children were seriously injured in a car accident on the R102 in Verulam, outside Durban, on Sunday, paramedics said.

“Reports from the scene [indicate] that a car collided into the side of a family vehicle on the R102 at the Verulam traffic lights,” Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said.

The woman was flung from her car and was found lying under another car. She was declared dead on the scene.

Her children were treated on the scene before being taken to hospital.

The cause of the accident would be investigated.

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