EIGHT people were killed in a horror crash in Mandaba in Nkandla, KZN, yesterday morning.
According to the Department of Transport, the eight family members died after a taxi overturned and rolled down an embankment.
The victims were on their way to a wedding. In another incident, a serious collision on Emondlo Road near Vryheid, also yesterday morning, claimed the lives of five people.
According to KZN Private Ambulance, upon arrival at the scene, paramedics discovered two vehicles had been involved in the head-on collision, causing the vehicles to lose control and overturn multiple times.
“Tragically, five occupants succumbed to their injuries prior to the arrival of emergency services," said spokesperson Chantell Botha.
“Three patients sustained critical injuries.”
Botha said all the injured patients received on-scene medical treatment before being…