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There were 31 passengers in the bus, 13 were<br>\ntransported to Taylor Bequest Hospital with serious injuries. The Toyota bakkie had three people \u2013 the driver and two passengers,\u201d said Binqose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him the driver of the bakkie was declared dead on the scene, while one passenger sustained slight injuries and the<br>\nother passenger was severely injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-issued-by-dot\">ISSUED BY DoT<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_70b4bb40\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An accident between a midi-bus, a truck and a bakk\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/2005\/9eea0e3895da4ba89a30145e86ce8c4c.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1b3e835b360842f290c9294f1104f91d.jpg\" title=\"An accident between a midi-bus, a truck and a bakkie left one person dead and 14 people injured.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">An accident between a midi-bus, a truck and a bakkie left 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