Seven children died this afternoon when the bakkie they were travelling in overturned on Edendale Road in Pietermaritzburg.
Netcare 911 paramedic Chris Botha said emergency services arrived at the scene and found the roadway obstructed with accident debris and the twisted frame of the bakkie.
Some of the children were flung from the vehicle.
"After triaging the injured, medics found that seven children tragically died due to the extensive injuries that they sustained while 15 others sustained injuries ranging from critical to serious.
"After paramedics treated the patients at the scene they transported them to various hospitals for the care that they required," he said.
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