Manhunt launched for run-away truck driver as experts called in to probe horror KZN crash

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A multi-disciplinary team of experts has established to investigate a horror crash in the KZN Midlands that claimed the lives of 13 people including an unborn child.

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On Tuesday, just hours after the crash, the KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Bheki Ntuli visited the scene where he mourned the loss of life.The accident involved four vehicles, a Combination truck, Tipper truck, Isuzu bakkie and a Minibus taxi. The KZN Transport Department said the investigation will entail assessing the condition of all vehicles involved, verifying documentation of all drivers involved, assessing the road and weather condition at the time of the accident.

Commenting after inspecting the accident scene, a visibly shocked Ntuli, described the accident as a blatant disregard of traffic laws, saying the driver who fled the scene must face the music.

 

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So glad they are referring to the unborn as a child and not a foetus as many claim its not a life as yet! So, I assume, saying this, the mother survived and lost the child? Or is it a pregnant woman and her unborn child both?

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