BREAKING NEWS: Ten people die in accident near Greylingstad
The accident sparked a fire and both vehicles burnt, with the occupants inside.
A head-on collision between two vehicles left 10 people dead of which one was a three-year-old child on the R23 near Greylingstad.
The accident happened early this morning, 4 September.
According to Const Albert Mkwesa, communications officer of the Greylingstad Police, nine people were travelling in an Avanza from Standerton to Johannesburg and one in a newspaper delivery truck coming from the opposite direction.
The cause of the accident is still unknown and the bodies have not yet been identified.
The accident sparked a fire and both vehicles burned with the occupants inside.
The road has been opened.
Read more about this in the next edition of the Standerton Advertiser.
#R23crash so heartbreaking to wake up to such news. My prayers are with the families of those affected
— Imempress_omega (@imempress_omega) September 4, 2017
A three year old too…
Was this Avanza used as a taxi? It had 9 out of the 10 people who died in it#R23crash
— LORATOLWAME (@Moratwe_) September 4, 2017
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