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I saw Driehoek horror: ‘Children fell from above’

06 February 2019 - 06:04 By Iavan Pijoos
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Parents at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark pray after three pupils died when a walkway connecting two buildings at school collapsed on January 1 2019.
Parents at Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark pray after three pupils died when a walkway connecting two buildings at school collapsed on January 1 2019.
Image: Masi Losi

Pupils of Hoërskool Driehoek in Vanderbijlpark will return to school on Wednesday for the first time since the collapse of a concrete walkway killed four children, paralysed a girl and left at least another 20 pupils in hospital.

One of those children has written an emotional account of what she saw on Friday morning. Read it in full here.

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