Six Dead In Taxi And Car Crash On N1 Near Beaufort West

Six people have been killed in a crash between a taxi and a car on the N1, near Beaufort West on Monday morning.

Emergency Services spokesperson, Deanna February says the vehicles were travelling in the direction of Cape Town.

February did not elaborate how the vehicles collided.

She says two ambulances and a rescue vehicle are on scene. The province’s Forensic Pathology Services officials have been dispatched.

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The road is closed and a stop and go system will be put in place by traffic officials later.

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Six people died this morning when a light motor vehicle and a minibus taxi collided into each other on the N1, 30 km from Beaufort West, in the direction of Cape Town Emergency Services n Forensic Pathology Services are currently on the scene pic.twitter.com/iHFeBjAWml

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