Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Death toll rises to 11 in the Mpumalanga taxi accident

Lusanda Bill
8 December 2010

The Mpumalanga taxi accident has now claimed the lives of eleven people.

Three more bodies were found after the taxi lost control and plunged into the Oliphant’s River yesterday.

Eight people were initially found dead but through intense search work that was done in the river three more people were retrieved.

Minister of transport, Sibusiso Ndebele, said the Road Traffic Management Corporation dispatched a team of accident investigation and reconstruction specialists to assist in determining the cause of the crash.

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