Minibus accident claims another life
By Lelethu Mquqo
27 August 2010
Another boy has died of his injuries following yesterday’s rail tragedy in Cape Town.
Nine other pupils were killed when the taxi taking them to school on Wednesday morning was crushed by a train.
The taxi driver had apparently ignored warning signs at a railway crossing in Blackheath.
A 10-year-old boy had been airlifted to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital after the crash.
he Western Cape health department says he suffered such serious brain injuries that his family had to take the heart-breaking decision to have his life support system switched off this afternoon.
The taxi driver and three other children are still in hospital, while another child was discharged yesterday.
Western Cape Health MEC Theuns Botha he acknowledges that the Nero Surgical Team at Red Cross did everything in their power to try and save the boy’s life.
27 August 2010
Another boy has died of his injuries following yesterday’s rail tragedy in Cape Town.
Nine other pupils were killed when the taxi taking them to school on Wednesday morning was crushed by a train.
The taxi driver had apparently ignored warning signs at a railway crossing in Blackheath.
A 10-year-old boy had been airlifted to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital after the crash.
he Western Cape health department says he suffered such serious brain injuries that his family had to take the heart-breaking decision to have his life support system switched off this afternoon.
The taxi driver and three other children are still in hospital, while another child was discharged yesterday.
Western Cape Health MEC Theuns Botha he acknowledges that the Nero Surgical Team at Red Cross did everything in their power to try and save the boy’s life.
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