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By IOL Reporter 
2h ago
Durban – A total of 13 people were killed in a horrific four-vehicle accident on the R33 near Wartburg in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands this morning.
KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Medical Service spokesman Robert Mckenzie said five people were also injured in the accident.
According to the provincial police spokesman, Colonel Thembeka Mbele, a tanker truck, a minibus taxi and a bakkie collided on the road.
He said a case of wrongful death and reckless and negligent driving has been opened for investigation by local police.
Mbele added that a case of failure to stop after an accident was also opened after a truck driver, who allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign, fled the scene.
“He is being wanted by the police,” he said.
In another accident, a person was injured when the vehicle they were traveling in rolled down the N2 just past the Mvoti Toll Plaza on the north shore of KZN.
In another incident, Herbst said a pedestrian was killed in a collision on the N2 near the KwaDukuza Bridge in Ilembe.
Meanwhile, six people were injured in a collision on Edendale Road in Pietermaritzburg, while an elderly woman was rushed to hospital after being injured in a collision at the corners of Old Bush Road and William Campbell Drive in La Lucia Durban North.
The Mercury
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