19 die as taxi falls off cliff
2005-09-02 08:45
Makhado - Nineteen people, including two toddlers, died when a minibus taxi plunged off a cliff next to the N1 highway between Makhado and Musina on Friday, Limpopo police said.
Spokesperson Captain Mashudu Malelo said the 16-passenger taxi was overloaded, carrying 26 people, all Zimbabwean nationals.
The taxi was on its way to Musina.
It appeared that the driver had stopped by the roadside in the early hours of Friday morning to urinate, Malelo said. The unmanned combi rolled down the road, over a bridge and off a cliff.
Malelo said police were identifying the dead and would liaise with their Zimbabwean counterparts before releasing the names of the victims.
- SAPA