Three dead after tow truck ploughs into pedestrians in Chatsworth

[TowNews]

 

Three people, including two children, have died after the driver of a low-bed tow truck transporting a vehicle lost control on a bend and struck four children who were walking to school in Chatsworth in the south of Durban this morning.

 

Advanced Life Support Paramedics spokesperson Gareth Jamieson says the driver and two of the children, aged six and nine, died on the scene. The tow truck overturned in the crash.

 

Jamieson says of the two surviving children, one was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition.

 

“On arrival, paramedics found total carnage as they found a fully loaded tow truck had somehow lost control on the bend and struck four children before overturning and coming to rest on its roof. Paramedics immediately did a triage and requested more assistance from ambulances and advanced life support paramedics. A total of five people were involved in this collision; unfortunately, three occupants, including two small children aged approximately six and nine, were declared deceased at the scene.”

 

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Tragic Friday – scholars and tow truck driver killed in Umhlatuzana crash

 

 

Tragedy unfolded on Chatsworth Main Road, in Umhlatuzana, this morning where a fatal crash claimed the lives of a driver and two minor scholars when a low bed tow truck with a load, veered off the roadway and crashed into the children. A third child who was rushed to hospital reportedly passed away from the extent of the injuries sustained.

 

 

PT Alarms Armed Response rushed to the scene where they met various emergency services and security companies and as well as law enforcement units.

 

 

The driver of the tow truck and two children sustained fatal injuries and were declared deceased on scene.

 

 

Two other scholars sustained various injuries and were stabilized on scene before being rushed to nearby hospitals for further medical care.

 

Police are investigating further.

 

PT Alarms extends our heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased victims.