Four people, including two pupils, were injured when a teacher crashed her car into the staff room at Kopanang Secondary School in Mpumalanga. The teacher crashed into the school on Wednesday.

The province’s Education MEC Bonakele Majuba is expected to visit the school on Thursday morning in an effort to gather more information on the circumstances that led to the incident.

“According to the preliminary information, which still needs to be verified, it looks like a teacher accidentally drove into the staff room, injuring two assistant teachers and two learners,” the department said in a statement.

The four injured were rushed to the hospital.

Officials in Mpumalanga were shocked to learn of the incident, according to Jasper Zwane, spokesperson for the Mpumalanga Education Department.  “The Mpumalanga Department of Education has learned with shock about an accident which happened at Kopanang Secondary School at Emalahleni Local Municipality on Wednesday, 10 November afternoon,” Zwane said on Thursday.

“According to the preliminary information which still needs to be verified, it looks like a teacher accidentally drove into the staff room thereafter injured two Assistant Teachers and two learners. The injured were rushed to the nearest hospital,” Zwane said.