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A total of at least 14 people were confirmed to have died in a horror road crash involving an SUV and a minibus taxi on the N9 road just outside Graaff-Reinet.
The SUV, a Mazda CX5, with six occupants, and a fully loaded minibus taxi from the Western Cape towards to Eastern Cape, collided head-on on Monday morning.
Eastern Cape transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said all six occupants in the SUV died on the scene, along with seven occupants from the minibus taxi.
The scene was still active on Monday morning as emergency rescue personnel continued to work to save as many lives as possible.