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Hy was van Saldanha in die rigting van Vredenburg onderweg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die voertuig het weens die impak van die botsing op sy dak op die eiland beland en vermoedelik onmiddellik aan die brand geslaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kapt. Tania Helfrich, woordvoerder van die Weskus-polisiedistrik, s\u00ea polisiebeamptes het hulle omstreeks 05:30 na die ongelukstoneel gehaas en kon betyds die agterste drie passasiers uit die brandende voertuig red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twee passasiers is vir ligte beserings behandel, maar die derde een is met veelvuldige brandwonde na die Vredenburg- provinsiale hospitaal geneem en sterk steeds hier aan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die name van die twee oorledenes en die drie beseerdes in di\u00e9 ongeluk is teen druktyd nog nie bekendgemaak nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2019n Video en foto\u2019s van die brandende wrak is wyd op sosiale media gedeel, ongeag die feit dat die bestuurder en die voorste passasier besig was om in die voertuig dood te brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helfrich het haar misnoe\u00eb met die rondstuur van di\u00e9 video en foto\u2019s te kenne gegee. 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