3 die in WCape car crash
2008-12-26 16:10
Johannesburg - Three people were killed and 13 others seriously injured when their bakkie overturned on the N2 between Swellendam and Heidelberg, Western Cape police said on Friday.
Thulisa Hendricks was killed on impact on Thursday evening while Analisa and Buseka Nontshaba died later in hospital, Captain Malcolm Pojie said in a statement.
"It is believed that the Nissan LDV bakkie was travelling towards Mossel Bay and it was about 8km outside Heidelberg when the driver lost control of it."
The injured, believed to have been from Kwanonqaba near Mossel Bay, were being treated at the Heidelberg and Riversdale provincial hospitals.
The driver, who was among the survivors, would face a charge of culpable homicide.
- SAPA