Child killed, six injured in Carletonville crash

A three-year-old girl has been killed in a car crash that left two other children and four adults injured in Carletonville, west of Johannesburg.

This comes after the vehicle they were travelling in rolled on the Klerkskraal road.

The cause of the crash is being investigated.

ER24 Spokesperson, Russel Meiring says the six have been taken to hospital.

He says ER24 Paramedics, along with another service, arrived on the scene to find a wrecked light motor vehicle on the side of the road.

The occupants had been ejected and were found lying around the scene.

“On closer inspection we discovered the body of a girl believed to be three-years-old. Unfortunately, the girl had already succumed to her numerous injuries. Six other patients were assessed, including two other children.”