BY OBAKENG MAJE
TAUNG- North West police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a Quantum minibus taxi allegedly knocked down a pedestrian on Friday.

The accident took place on Friday at Morokweng village, near Taung and six people were taken to Taung hospital for medical attention.

“It is alleged that a 35 year-old driver lost control of the minibus taxi and plunged on a 38-year-old pedestrian who was walking along the road” colonel Emelda Setlhako said.

Setlhako said the pedestrian was certified dead on the scene by paramedics and a culpable homicide case was registered at Taung police station.
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Three people have tragically died while three were injured, two critically so, after a bus and two cars collided on the N3 in Villiers about twenty kilometres from the Wilge plaza  on the south bound.  Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.

“Netcare 911 paramedics and the provincial services arrived at the scene and found the crumpled remains of the car trapped under the bus with some of the occupants still trapped in the wreckage, a second vehicle was also involved in the accident but the occupants was uninjured. After triaging emergency services found that two people sustained critical injuries while one escaped with minor injuries. What appears to be two adults and a child that had died is still trapped in the wreckage under the bus and emergency workers are fervently working to extricate them” Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said.

Further updates will follow as soon as the scene has been cleared. One lane on the south bound has been close and traffic on the north bound is traveling very slowly.

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Durban – A ten-year-old boy had a close shave after a strong rip current swept him out beyond the shore break while swimming near Blythedale on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast on Sunday.

The floundering boy was saved by other holidaymakers who launched a canoe and pulled him to shore.
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White River – The Mpumalanga department of health and the Mbombela local municipality have blamed each other for missing chairs that have left patients with sore feet at a local clinic.

Health spokesperson Dumisane Malamule said the chairs at the White River Clinic were removed by municipal officials three months ago.
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