A collision involving a minibus taxi and a truck killed at least 11 people in South Africa on Thursday, a local government official and emergency services said. The crash happened near the city of Durban, in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province. Provincial transport department official Siboniso Duma said in a statement that 11 people, including a schoolchild, died at the scene, although that was according to preliminary information.

“Witnesses have alleged that the truck driver made a U-turn resulting in a head-on collision,” Duma said. Garrith Jamieson, spokesperson for the private paramedic service ALS Paramedics, told the Associated Press that 11 were dead and several people were critically injured, including the driver of the minibus, who was trapped in the wreckage.