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Horror weekend as roads claim more lives

Six people in total died last weekend due to vehicle accidents.

January 26, 2020
Tiisetso Malunga 1 minute read
Three people died on impact on the N11, a fourth person died later at the Middelburg Hospital.

• Three people were killed on Saturday when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned.
The driver of the vehicle and two other passengers were seriously injured.

One of the seriously injured passengers lost their life at the Middelburg Provincial Hospital later that evening. The crash occurred on the N11 near the Sasol garage.

• On Sunday one person was killed on the old Bethal road.
Two days after the incident a woman that was also involved in the incident succumbed to her injuries and died.

• At about 18:00 on Sunday, several people were injured on the N11 when a taxi and bakkie collided.
It is not clear what caused the crash.

• Three accidents happened on Monday.

The first accident happened on Mandela Drive, one person was transported to the hospital.

The second accident occurred near the weighbridge on the N11, no injuries were reported.

The last accident happened on the R555 (Stoffberg road) and involved a truck. No injuries were sustained.

At Caxton, every story is written by humans. We use AI only to perform quality checks - never to generate the news. Happy reading!
January 26, 2020
Tiisetso Malunga 1 minute read

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Tiisetso Malunga

I have been working as a journalist/photographer since 2018 at the Middelburg Observer. Before joining Caxton I was a Journalism Student at the Tshwane University of Technology. I was also a broadcasting intern at the SABC in Pretoria. In my first year as a journalist I was awarded the Upcoming Journalist of the Year at the O H Frewin awards. My motto in life is ‘I am human before anything’ with that being said I am driven by human stories and I am a strong believer in justices and human rights.
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