2 dead and 13 hurt in EC crash
Two people travelling from Cape Town to the Eastern Cape died at 5am Saturday when their taxi overturned on the N9 between Graaff- Reinet and Middelburg.
Provincial transport spokesman Unathi Binqose said 13 other passengers were injured, some seriously.
Binqose said the taxi was travelling to Ngcobo and Cofimvaba when the driver lost control while trying to avoid hitting a wild animal.
The taxi overturned.
He said some of the injured were treated on the scene and released, while others were rushed to nearby Middelburg Hospital.
This latest incident takes the death toll of those who have perished on provincial roads since the festive season began on December 1, to 38, 20 of them pedestrians.
Binqose said the fatalities were caused by 35 road accidents...
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