Learner critically injured in KwaDukuza crash airlifted to hospital

WATCH: Learner critically injured in KwaDukuza crash, airlifted to hospital

A teenage girl has been airlifted to hospital after being critically hurt in a crash in KwaDukuza on the north coast this morning.  

KwaDukuza school bus crash
IPSS Medical Rescue

The girl had been sitting in the front passenger seat of a school bus that collided into the back of a sugar cane truck on the corner of the R74 and R102 near Dawnside.  

Emergency personnel found four pupils trapped in the wreckage.  

Paul Hersbt, who is with IPSS Medical Rescue, says 26 others are still being treated on the scene.

"Paramedics arrived at a bus accident this morning where a fully loaded scholar bus collided with a cane truck. A specialised air ambulance was activated to airlift the patient to LenMed eThekwini Hospital for further care," Herbst said. 

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