At 04h59 on Sunday morning Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a collision at the intersection of Commercial and Loop Streets in Pietermaritzburg. Exact detail to the cause of the accident is still speculative and will remain a subject for police comment, however two vehicles collided in the intersection.
Paramedics arrived at the scene and found that three people sustained serious injuries, a street child was also hit by one of the vehicle but escaped with minor injuries but refused treatment. The seriously injured were treated at the scene before they were transported to a nearby hospital for the care that they required.