7 dead, 24 hurt in multiple EC crashes

Another accident in the province has claimed three lives on the N2 near Hankey this morning.

The minibus taxi was traveling from Western Cape to Eastern Cape when it reportedly overturned multiple times. It had 16 people on board.

Department of health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said three people died instantly, “and there were entrapments while other were ejected,” he said.

Kupelo said 13 others were injured, 6 of them with minor injuries. “Those in a critical condition have been airlifted to Livingstone hospital in Port Elizabeth,” he said.

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