Six people including children killed in east horror crash
An elderly woman, two boys and a girl, believed to be aged three, eight and 12, were found seated in the rear of the car.
Six people were killed, including three children, when a vehicle crashed into a truck on the N4, east of Pretoria on Tuesday night.
The accident happened near the Rossouw offramp in Die Wilgers, according to ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring.
He said that ER24 and Tshwane fire services arrived on the scene to find a wrecked light motor vehicle in the middle of the road.
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“A pile of grain was spread over the vehicle and the road,” he said.
“Upon closer inspection, medics found a man and woman lying trapped inside the front of the vehicle. An elderly woman, two boys and a girl, believed to be aged three, eight and 12, were found seated in the rear of the car.
“Assessments showed that, unfortunately, all six of them were already dead,” Meiring said. He said details surrounding the cause of the accident were unknown.
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