{"id":47047,"date":"2023-06-24T11:20:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/six-people-killed-several-injured-in-accident-outside-mthatha-20230624\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:40:44","slug":"six-people-killed-several-injured-in-accident-outside-mthatha-20230624","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/six-people-killed-several-injured-in-accident-outside-mthatha-20230624\/","title":{"rendered":"Six people killed, several injured in accident outside Mthatha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Six people have died while seven sustained injuries in a collision involving a bakkie and a minibus taxi on the R61 road near Corana Village, just outside Mthatha this morning at about 07:40.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the spokesperson for the Eastern Cape transport department, Unathi Binqose, it is alleged that a bakkie with five passengers on their way to a traditional ceremony at a nearby village, crashed into the back of a stationary taxi that was loading a passenger. The bakkie overturned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll five men at the back of the bakkie died on the scene, while one passenger (man) from the taxi also died,\u201d Binqose said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The injured, including the driver of the bakkie, were rushed to hospital with injuries ranging from serious to minor. \u201cThe taxi driver escaped unharmed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A case of culpable homicide has been opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-issued-by-eastern-cape-department-of-transport\">ISSUED BY EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_fff0536e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The bakkie crashed into the back of a stationary t\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/2711\/ba4085b0d3f74a9d9460680e395be143.jpeg\" 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