This tragedy follows another major transport disaster just 10 days prior, where 14 schoolchildren died. Johannesburg: A head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, local authorities said, marking the second major transport disaster in the country in less than two weeks. The crash occurred on the R102 near Isipingo, south of Durban, in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. Witnesses at the scene alleged the catastrophe was triggered when the truck driver attempted an illegal U-turn, leading to the high-speed impact. Several others sustained critical injuries, including the taxi driver, who remained trapped in the mangled wreckage as fire crews worked to extricate him.