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Taxi crash kills 2 children, injures 16

Taxi crash kills 2 children, injures 16

TWO children under the age of six were killed and 16 people injured in a collision between a car and a minibus taxi near Swakopmund on Sunday evening.

The accident took place about 80 km from Swakopmund on the B2 road to Arandis at approximately 20h30. Both vehicles were returning to the coast after the weekend.The driver of the sedan said one of his tyres burst while he was passing the taxi, causing his car to smash into the side of the minibus and force it off the road.The bus, which was pulling a trailer, left the road and rolled several times before coming to a standstill.Although the four people in the sedan only suffered minor injuries, the fate of the 18 occupants, five of them children, in the taxi was quite different.Two children died instantly and the other passengers were taken to the State Hospital and Cottage Medi-Clinic in Swakopmund to be treated for their injuries – some serious.This is the 29th road accident at the coast so far this year, pushing up the death toll to nine.Both vehicles were returning to the coast after the weekend.The driver of the sedan said one of his tyres burst while he was passing the taxi, causing his car to smash into the side of the minibus and force it off the road.The bus, which was pulling a trailer, left the road and rolled several times before coming to a standstill.Although the four people in the sedan only suffered minor injuries, the fate of the 18 occupants, five of them children, in the taxi was quite different.Two children died instantly and the other passengers were taken to the State Hospital and Cottage Medi-Clinic in Swakopmund to be treated for their injuries – some serious.This is the 29th road accident at the coast so far this year, pushing up the death toll to nine.

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