Two minors among eight killed in horrific Mpumalanga crash

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Two minors among eight killed in horrific Mpumalanga crash

Eight people, including two minors, have been killed in a head-on collision on the N17 toll road between Ermelo and Davel in Mpumalanga.

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A head-on collision between a Toyota and a Volkswagen sedan claimed eight lives on the N17 toll road between Ermelo and Davel, Mpumalanga, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

According to Mpumalanga’s Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison, the deceased include two minors and six adults.

Seven of the victims were occupants of the Volkswagen sedan, while the eighth victim was the driver of the Toyota sedan, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle at the time of the crash.

 

[RedViking]

Not the first. Not the last. Next.

 

[Flanders]

Seven in a VW sedan...

 

[konfab]

Seven of the victims were occupants of the Volkswagen sedan, while the eighth victim was the driver of the Toyota sedan, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle at the time of the crash.

Seatbelts optional.

 

[ForceFate]

Seven in a VW sedan...

I'm guessing 5 adults and 2 minors on their laps.

 

[RedViking]

Seven in a VW sedan...

Pffft...

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The driver was also allegedly found without his driver's licence and a valid professional driving permit.

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taxi driver with an outstanding warrant of arrest has been arrested after he was caught transporting 30 passengers in a vehicle licensed to carry only 15

 

[saor]

I'm guessing 5 adults and 2 minors on their laps.

Low IQ dumdum attitude that seems to know no racial, gender or cultural borders. You'll always see that one random couple with a toddler on the front seat as they barrel down the highway.

 

[Flanders]

I'm guessing 5 adults and 2 minors on their laps.

Probably. But the way the article is worded suggests that the seven deceased may not even have made up 100% of the occupants of the VW vehicle. Either way, unsafe.

 

[ForceFate]

Low IQ dumdum attitude that seems to know no racial, gender or cultural borders. You'll always see that one random couple with a toddler on the front seat as they barrel down the highway.

I know 2 couples that lost children this way. The 1st ended up in a divorce (only the mother was with the kids at the time of the accident). The adults survived in both instances.