13 killed in accident on N1
2005-08-20 11:01
Johannesburg - Thirteen people were killed and eight injured, five of them critically in a head-on collision near Beaufort West in the Karoo on Friday night, Southern Cape police said.
Captain Eddie Cronje said a minibus and a car collided on the N1 between Beaufort West and Leeu Gamka, about 30km from Beaufort West.
Two of the worst injured were airlifted to hospital, but Cronje did not know which hospital.
The others were being treated in Beaufort West.
Cronje said at this stage it was not clear what happened, as the accident occurred on a straight stretch of road.
Police were also still trying to find out how many people were in the minibus and how many in the car.
"Everybody is still in shock and it is difficult to get any information from them," he said.
It was believed that the minibus was on its way from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
- SAPA