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Seven lives lost in North West accident─── KEKELETSO MOSEBETSI 08:18 Fri, 11 Nov 2022
A collision between a minibus taxi and a truck on the N4 near Rustenburg in the North West has claimed seven lives, a day after eight people also died in the Free State after a bus collided with a truck on the N8 road.
According to North West Transport spokesperson Alpheus Koonyaditse, a total of seven people, including four women and three men, died instantly when a 22-seater minibus crashed into the rear of a long-haul truck. He explains that both vehicles were travelling towards Swartruggen's side from Rustenburg. It's understood that the accident happened at 18:45 on Thursday evening, 4 kilometres outside the farming area of Moedville, near Swartruggens.
Three passengers of the bus, including the driver, were seriously injured, while the other twelve were slightly injured. All passengers were taken to a hospital in Rustenburg.
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Koonyaditse goes on to say that trapped bodies were removed from the scene around 23:30. He also says the road was opened for traffic at 00:30 after it had been closed for five hours.
