Four people died and seven others sustained injuries in an accident on Wednesday morning involving a minibus taxi in Willowvale in the Eastern Cape.
Department of Transport spokesman, Unathi Binqose said a minibus taxi, with 11 occupants lost control and overturned on a gravel road at Nkelekethe Cuttings at around 9am.
Binqose said the taxi was ferrying villagers for their month-end shopping from Shixini Village to Butterworth when the accident happened.
Four passengers, three females and one male, were declared dead on the scene while seven others were rushed to Butterworth Hospital with injuries ranging from critical to minor.
He said the identities of the four victims are being withheld until the next of kin have been informed.
Acting Eastern Cape Police Commissioner, Major-General Andries Swart, has passed his condolences to all the families of the deceased and wished all the injured passengers a speedy recovery.
-African News Agency
