Central SA
Baby dies in taxi accident on N1─── KEKELETSO MOSEBETSI 17:46 Thu, 16 Mar 2023
A nine-month-old baby passed away on Thursday (16/3) after a taxi driver lost control and his vehicle overturned on the N1 outside Winburg in the Free State.
Stephen Thakeng, provincial police spokesperson, said the incident took place at about 09:10.
He said the driver of a taxi carrying 16 passengers, as well as a corpse in a trailer, lost control when the rear right tyre burst.
One passenger was critically injured and was taken to Winburg hospital, while a nine-month-old baby died. Other passengers suffered minor injuries.
The taxi was on its way to Zimbabwe.
The police is investigating a case of culpable homicide.
