Horror crash near Huguenot Monument

Five farmworkers from Groendal near Franschhoek and a man who was travelling with his family in a car have been killed in an accident involving a milk tanker and two cars in the Boland town’s Main Road. The accident happened near the famous Huguenot Monument. An emergency services spokesperson says five people were seriously injured, while four sustained minor injuries. Emergency workers and traffic officials were working on the scene for hours after the accident on Friday afternoon. Eyewitnesses say the farm workers were travelling on a bakkie. The names of the victims have not yet been released