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Eleven die in Ottoshoop crash─── 11:13 Sun, 16 Dec 2018
Eleven people have died in a road accident near Ottoshoop, North West.
According to the North West community safety and transport department spokesperson Thabo Sematle, ten people died on the scene and one other died later in hospital.
He says the number of injured is still being established. Sematle told News24 unconfirmed reports suggested that a minibus taxi and bakkie had collided head-on.
The accident took place this morning on the R49 road near Ottoshoop, from Mahikeng to Zeerust.
Police, traffic officials and the North West MEC for community safety and transport management, Dr Mpho Motlhabane, were on the scene.
