Sunday, August 22, 2010

Three die in Cape Town and Durban road accidents

By Lelethu Mquqo
22 August 2010

Three people were killed in two separate accidents in Cape Town and Durban.

Two people were killed and two others were critically injured when two cars collided head-on on the M1 Higginson Highway near Milky Way this morning in Durban.

The cause of the collision is unknown.

Netcare911 Paramedics arrived at the scene to find both vehicles wedged against one another.

One man had been pulled from a car and was in a critical condition.

Another man was trapped in the mangled remains of the car.

Meanwhile, Western Cape police say the driver of a taxi fled the scene after he smashed into the back of a scooter in Halt Road, Elsies River, killing the 19-year-old rider.

Bystanders who witnessed the accident wrote down the registration number of the taxi and gave the information to the police.

A man has since been arrested.

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