Monday, August 24, 2009

Ten people die in crash near Beaufort West

By Nomava Nobumba
24 August 2009

Ten people died and nine others are seriously injured after their Toyota Quantum overturned between Beaufort West and Aberdeen yesterday.

The taxi crashed into a bus while trying to overtake it and the driver lost control.

“The victims were travelling from the family funeral in the Eastern Cape to Mfuleni in Cape Town,” said Beaufort West police spokesperson, Captain Malcom Potjie.

“The deceased are including five men, four women and a boy,” added Potjie.

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