5th person dies after bakkie crash
2012-11-11 22:59
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Johannesburg - The death toll in a KwaZulu-Natal bakkie crash has risen to five after one of the injured died in hospital, the province's transport department said on Sunday.
The driver of a bakkie carrying people to a funeral lost control of the vehicle and it overturned on the R61, near St Michaels, on Saturday evening, the department said.
The occupants, from Durban, and were travelling to the Eastern Cape.
Four people died on the scene and one later in hospital. Four of the passengers were in a critical condition.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the bakkie was carrying 15 people.
"Emergency services arrived at the scene and found that the crumpled remains of the vehicle came to rest about 200m down the road after ejecting the passengers along the way."
The injured were taken to the provincial hospital in Port Shepstone.
- SAPA
