3 killed and 28 injured in Paarl crash

Michelle Avenant
22 July 2011


A head-on collision in Paarl this morning left 3 people dead and 28 injured, reported the Western Cape Traffic Department.

Provincial Traffic Department head Kenny Africa said the collision, between a Mercedes taxi and a Golf, occurred on the toll road between the toll plaza and the Huguenot tunnel.

Africa went on to explain that 3 of the Golf passengers burnt to death, and some of the injured taxi passengers are believed to be children and babies.

Further details of the crash are yet to emerge.

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