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Eyewitness News
11-05-2025
- Eyewitness News
Four people, including three minors, die in EC bakkie crash
JOHANNESBURG - Four people have died and 14 others were injured following a crash along the N2 highway near Beacon Bay in the Eastern Cape. It is understood that the bakkie they were travelling in overturned when the driver lost control of the vehicle on Saturday night. ALSO READ: Nine people, mostly mothers, die in KZN crash on Mother's Day The crash claimed the lives of the driver and three boys, aged 14, who were travelling from a soccer tournament at the Bunkers Hill soccer stadium to their homes in Gonubie. "A very unfortunate incident that has claimed the lives of three young boys and their mentor coming back from a soccer tournament headed back home when the incident that claimed their lives occurred," said Eastern Cape transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose.
IOL News
04-05-2025
- Automotive
- IOL News
Deadliest crash in Eastern Cape: 15 dead in minibus taxi collision
Fifteen people died and five others were injured in a head-on collision involving a fully loaded minibus taxi and a bakkie on the R63 between Adelaide and Maqoma (formerly Fort Beaufort) around midnight on Saturday. 'This is by far the deadliest crash we have experienced in a long time in the Eastern Cape,' said Eastern Cape transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose. 'Not even during the recent Easter holidays or December period did we see a single accident with such a high number of fatalities.' According to reports, a white Toyota Quantum minibus was travelling from Qonce (King William's Town) to Cape Town when it collided head-on with an Isuzu Double Cab from Adelaide and heading towards Kwamaqoma.
IOL News
04-05-2025
- Automotive
- IOL News
Fifteen people die in Eastern Cape head-on crash
Fifteen people died and five others were injured in a head-on collision involving a fully loaded minibus taxi and a bakkie on the R63 between Adelaide and Maqoma (formerly Fort Beaufort) around midnight on Saturday. 'This is by far the deadliest crash we have experienced in a long time in the Eastern Cape,' said Eastern Cape transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose. 'Not even during the recent Easter holidays or December period did we see a single accident with such a high number of fatalities.' According to reports, a white Toyota Quantum minibus was travelling from Qonce (King William's Town) to Cape Town when it collided head-on with an Isuzu Double Cab from Adelaide and heading towards Kwamaqoma.
Straits Times
04-05-2025
- Automotive
- Straits Times
15 killed in head-on road crash in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – A nighttime collision between a packed minibus taxi and a pick-up truck has killed 15 people in rural South Africa, a transport official said on May 4. Five people were in hospital with serious injuries after the crash at around midnight on May 3 near the Eastern Cape town of Maqoma, about 1,000 kilometres south of Johannesburg, provincial transport spokesman Unathi Binqose official told broadcaster Newzroom Afrika. The drivers of both vehicles were among the dead and an inquest would be opened to determine what happened, Mr Binqose said. The victims included 13 passengers in the minibus, which was reportedly travelling from the town of Qonce to Cape Town, a journey of nearly 1,000 kilometres. South Africa has a sophisticated and busy road network. It also has a high rate of road deaths, blamed mostly on speeding, reckless driving and vehicles that are not roadworthy. Road accidents claimed more than 11,800 lives in 2023, with pedestrians making up around 45 percent of the victims, according to the latest data from the Road Traffic Management Corporation. - AFP Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Herald
04-05-2025
- The Herald
Fifteen killed, five seriously injured in Eastern Cape crash
A horrific head-on collision involving a minibus taxi and a bakkie claimed the lives of 15 people on the R63 between Adelaide and Maqoma at midnight on Saturday. Provincial transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose said the Toyota Quantum minibus taxi was travelling from Qonce to Cape Town when it collided with the Isuzu Double Cab bakkie. 'The driver of the Double Cab and 13 passengers in the Quantum, including the driver, were declared dead at the scene,' Binqose said. Six people were rushed to hospital, where one later succumbed to injuries, bringing the death toll to 15. Five others sustained serious injuries. An inquest docket has been opened. Daily Dispatch
