14 killed in Laingsburg accident

By Jurina Nkwazi
18 September 2010

About fourteen people have been killed in a head on collision between a taxi and a truck on the N1 outside Laingsburg.

It is alleged; the taxi driver overtook a vehicle and collided with the truck.

Provincial Metro Emergencies Medical Services Kery Davids said among the dead is a child under the age of 12, two babies under 2, women and men.

The road was closed to traffic earlier this morning but one lane has now been opened.

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