BY REGINALD KANYANE
TWO children aged 3 died in a burning bus on Friday. Netcare 911 paramedics from Harrismith responded to an incident of a school bus that burst into flames.

Chris Botha from Netcare 911 said: “Reports from the scene indicate that the bus was traveling from Warden towards Harrismith when it started burning, the bus then veered across the road and came to rest against an embankment.

“Netcare 911 paramedics and the fire service arrived at the scene and found the bus engulfed in flames. Two people were found to have sustained critical injuries while four was in a serious condition , seventeen others sustained minor injuries.”

Botha said two school children were killed in a blazing fire.

He said firemen  have now put the fire out and is combing through the wreckage.

“Medics treated the injured at the scene before they transported them to various hospitals in the area for the -care that they required,” he said.
-TDN
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