Miracle escape after taxi swept into flooded Duzi River

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Four people were lucky to escape when a taxi was swept into the flooded Duzi River on Wednesday following heavy rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal.

Barnsley Road, in the Camps Drift area of Pietermaritzburg.

"Flash flooding from the heavy rain in the area meant the normally calm stream had burst over the top of the bridge, taking the taxi with it," he said. "Luckily a series of concrete bollards caught the vehicle before it dropped further over into the deeper water."

 

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