Sunday, June 04, 2006

At least 14 people killed in road accidents

It’s turning out to be a deadly weekend on the roads with at least 14 people killed in accidents so far. Three people died and four were seriously injured when a minibus taxi collided with a car near Mtumbatuba on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. It is alleged that the driver of the car made a u-turn on the N-2 highway before it was hit by the minibus. Earlier, three people were killed and two seriously injured when their car overturned on the R-66 between Melmouth and Ulundi in Northern KwaZulu-Natal.

On the East Rand, a man was killed after losing control of his sports car on the M-12 West in Germiston. The 44-year-old man apparently hit the curb and the car overturned. Three people died at the Glen Douglas mine near Meyerton in Gauteng when a 50-ton truck drove over a car. In North West, two truck drivers burnt to death after their vehicles collided on the N-12 between Bloemhof and Wolmaranstad in the North West. One vehicle was a petrol tanker and the other truck was transporting vehicles. And in Mpumalanga, two motorcyclists were killed and a woman was critically injured when two powerful motorbikes collided between Sabie and Graskop during the Graskop Paradise Race.

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