Johannesburg – An ambulance assistant was killed and her two children injured in an accident in Vredenburg on Saturday, said Western Cape emergency services.

She was travelling with her two children when their vehicle collided with another at the St Helena Bay Veldrif turnoff, said EMS spokesman Robert Daniels.

“Two patients from the other vehicle as well as the two children are in a critical condition,” said Daniels.

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. – Sapa