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St Mike’s highway crash: Heartbreak as Grade R pupil dies

Family and friends are in shock after the tragic news that the child had died.

February 2, 2017
Sugan Naidoo 1 minute read

A PUPIL in Grade R has died in the horrific accident between a bakkie and a car on the R61 toll road near St Mike’s this morning. 

The bakkie in which the children were being transported to school.
The bakkie in which the children were being transported to school.


Phumza Morai, spokesman for Port Shepstone Regional Hospital, confirmed that a six-year-old girl had died in hospital as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident.

The girl was one of 16 pupils being transported to school on the back of the bakkie.

The vehicles collided at about 6.30am.  

Pupils were from various schools in the Port Shepstone area, including RA Engar, Port Shepstone Primary, Marburg Primary, Merlewood Primary and Merlewood Secondary.

A bench broke off the back of the bakkie during the collision.
A bench broke off the back of the bakkie during the collision.

A grade 12 teacher from Merlewood Secondary was among those injured in the accident. 

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February 2, 2017
Sugan Naidoo 1 minute read

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