An eight-year-old girl is in a critical condition after she was struck by a vehicle near the Umgababa train station in Umgababa, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
Reports from the scene indicate that the girl who was on her way to school was crossing the road at the time of the accident.
The exact detail to the cause of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.
When Netcare911 paramedics arrived on scene, we managed to stabilise the critically injured girl.
Paramedics intubated the girl to assist her to breathe.
The child has been transported to a nearby hospital under the constant care of an Advanced Life Support paramedic.
This accident happened this morning at about 07h10.