An accident in Grahamstown claimed the lives of two people

Lusanda Bill
07 January 2014

Eastern Cape Police has confirmed that a man in his twenties and a five-year-old boy lost their lives in an accident near Grahamstown on Monday. 

It is believed that the bakkie they were travelling in had a burst tyre and the driver lost control which resulted in the bakkie rolling down an embankment. 

Captain Mali Govender said open bakkie transporting four adults and two children were travelling from the direction of Grahamstown to Port Elizabeth when the accident occurred.

Govender said four of the victims were family members who had taken a lift with the vehicle.

“An adult female, two adult males and a three-year-old male toddler were taken to a local hospital and the extent of their injuries are not known” Govender added.

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