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KZN bakkie driver charged with murder


 
The driver of a bakkie that plunged into a dam while carrying 29 school children, has been arrested for murder.

Five children died in the accident in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Monday.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Jay Naicker says the 24-year-old man was transporting the children in his Colt bakkie.

He says the man allegedly lost control of the vehicle, which plunged into a farm sludge dam.

Naicker says the man will face charges of murder, attempted murder, and reckless and negligent driving.

He will appear in the Greytown Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.