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Police investigates culpable homicide after Bultfontein accident─── CHRISTAL-LIZE MULLER 08:15 Fri, 06 Mar 2015
Bultfontein - Police in the Free State are investigating a case of culpable homicide after an accident yesterday near Bultfontein in which five residents of the Bult Retirement Village died.
Police spokesperson, Peter Kareli, says the accident happened at around 13:30 when a minibus in which residents of the village were travelling rolled on the R700.
He says upon arrival police and emergency service personnel found a Toyota Hilux on the side of the road and a wrecked Toyota Quantum a few meters away in a farm yard.
According to Kareli both vehicles were heading in the direction of the town from Bloemfontein.
Kareli says the driver of the bakkie sustained minor injuries. Lettie Muller, Daan Minnie, Dinie Aschar and Charlotte Lategan died on the scene and Marie Ehlers later in hospital.
Kareli says the driver of the bakkie sustained minor injuries. Lettie Muller, Daan Minnie, Dinie Aschar and Charlotte Lategan died on the scene and Marie Ehlers later in hospital.
Four residents of the village are currently treated in the Intensive Care Unit at Mediclinic Bloemfontein. Three of them are in a critical condition.
The driver of the minibus has meanwhile been discharged from Life Rosepark Hospital in Bloemfontein.
A nurse was among the passengers. She sustained minor injuries.
Christal-Lize Muller/OFM News
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