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Off-duty police officer and son killed in accident on Rocklands Road near Gqeberha

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Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a Ford Ranger and a Nissan bakkie on the Rocklands Road between Gqeberha and Kariega on Friday evening.

Police spokesperson, Colonel Pricilla Naidu says an off-duty police officer, 55-year-old Warrant Officer Calvin Eyssen, who was the driver of the Nissan, and his two-month-old son died at the scene.

She says the driver of the Ford Ranger and a female passenger in the Nissan were taken to hospital.

Colonel Naidu says the cause of the accident is unknown and police are investigating a case of culpable homicide.