A horrific car crash has claimed the lives of 15 people and five others were injured in a head-on collision involving a minibus taxi and a bakkie on the R63 between Adelaide and Maqoma (formerly Fort Beaufort) around midnight on Saturday.
Eastern Cape Transport Department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said This is by far the deadliest crash in a long time in the Eastern Cape. “Not even during the recent Easter holidays or December period did we see a single accident with such a high number of fatalities.”
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Reports state that a white Toyota Quantum minibus was travelling from King William’s Town to Cape Town when it collided head-on with an Isuzu Double Cab from Adelaide and heading towards Kwamaqoma. The driver of the Isuzu died at the scene, along with the Quantum’s driver and 12 of its passengers. Emergency services transported six surviving passengers from the taxi to the Provincial Hospital, but one later died from injuries, raising the total death toll to 15.
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The victims included eight adult men, six adult women, and one young girl. An inquest docket has been opened, and authorities are investigating the circumstances of the crash, particularly since both drivers perished in the accident.
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