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Five teenagers have died and several others were injured in a horror crash after a taxi driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle on Monday morning.
The accident took place on the R61 between Ngcobo and Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape, according to SABC News.
The other injured passengers of the taxi were transported to hospital.
Eastern Cape transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said the taxi was travelling from Cape Town to Mt Frere and Qumbu, transporting children ahead of schools reopening on Wednesday.
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