One dead in Seaslopes accident
The vehicle veered off the road and overturned, rolling down an embankment.
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ONE person died and six were injured, three seriously, when a vehicle overturned on the R61 near Seaslopes in Margate yesterday afternoon at around 4pm.
A report from the scene indicated that the vehicle veered off the road and overturned, rolling down the Masinenge embankment.
Netcare 911 paramedics found that the passengers had been ejected from the vehicle as the canopy tore away from the bakkie.
After the injured were triaged paramedics found that one person was critically injured, three were seriously injured and three others escaped with minor injuries.
Paramedics treated the injured before taking them to a hospital in Port Shepstone.
An elderly female passenger died en route to hospital due to the extensive injuries that she had sustained.