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At least five people have died and 56 people were injured in nine separate accidents on provincial roads over the weekend. <\/p>\n
A taxi driver was arrested for being six times over the legal alcohol limit after his vehicle crashed on the N3 near Nottingham Road yesterday. <\/p>\n
Passengers were flung from the taxi as it rolled several times. An 11-year-old boy was killed in the accident and a six-month-old baby girl and two elderly women were seriously injured. <\/p>\n
Road Traffic Inspectorate spokeswoman Zinhle Mngomezulu said: \u201cPassengers\u2026 told the driver to slow down, but he shouted back at them saying they must jump off if they did not like his driving.\u201d <\/p>\n
She added that the driver became aggressive and increased his speed, while overtaking recklessly and cutting in front of other vehicles. <\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral truck drivers, who recognised the overturned taxi, pulled their trucks over to help the passengers and give the driver a hiding.\u201d <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 17 people were injured when the bakkie they were travelling in overturned on a district road near Dalton last night. ER24 spokesman Derrick Banks said emergency teams found the bakkie on its side with the canopy sheared off and the passengers lying nearby. <\/p>\n
\u201cThree babies aged between three months and five months sustained minor cuts and abrasions,\u201d said Banks. <\/p>\n
In the Midlands, a head-on collision between a car and taxi on the N3 south near Lions River at 3am on Saturday resulted in one person being killed and seven others injured. <\/p>\n
Chris Botha of Netcare 911 said paramedics arrived to find two people still trapped. <\/p>\n
A collision involving a truck and three cars occurred yesterday on the N3 south near Pietermaritzburg\u2019s Liberty Mall. The truck driver and his passenger sustained serious injuries. No one else was injured. <\/p>\n
In an earlier accident, a |father and son were seriously injured when their car left the N3 heading towards Pietermaritzburg in Peacevale, crashing through through the barrier and landing on the N3 eastbound. <\/p>\n
A motorcyclist died in hospital after his bike crashed on the N2-northbound near Umbogintwini yesterday. <\/p>\n
On Saturday, 14 people were injured, two critically, in a side impact accident involving a taxi at the intersection of Winston Churchill and Caversham Road in Pinetown. A two-year-old was found trapped under the vehicle in a critical condition. His mother, who was nine weeks pregnant, was seriously injured. <\/p>\n
Also on Saturday, a Limpopo man died after his vehicle rolled in San Raphael Road on the South Coast. <\/p>\n
A biker was killed in a crash on Hesketh Road in Pietermaritzburg. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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