MPENDLE - Twenty pupils have been seriously injured in yet another scholar transport crash in KwaZulu-Natal.
A minibus taxi plunged off KwaKhetha Bridge in Mpendle.
The driver has reportedly fled the scene, and police are trying to track him down.
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This is the third scholar transport crash in the Umgungundlovu District in just four days.
Transport MEC Siboniso Duma is now calling on taxi association Santaco to take urgent action.
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