At least 11 people, including a schoolchild, were killed when a minibus taxi and a truck collided near Durban in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province on Thursday, authorities and emergency services said. Several others, including the minibus driver, were critically injured and trapped in the wreckage. “Witnesses have alleged that the truck driver made a U-turn resulting in a head-on collision,” he said. READ ALSO: Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla: Zuma’s daughter resigns from Parliament as South Africa investigates Russia war schemeRoad safety remains a critical concern across Africa. The continent records roughly 300,000 road fatalities annually, about a quarter of the global total, despite housing just 3% of the world’s vehicles, AP reported.