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A two-year-old boy was killed in an accident on the N9 between Aberdeen and Graaff Reinet early on Friday morning.
Eastern Cape provincial traffic spokesperson, Charles Bramwell says a family travelling in a VW Polo from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape, tried to avoid hitting a kudu at around 3 am when the female driver lost control and the vehicle overturned.
He says the child died instantly.
Bramwell says the mother and father were taken to Midlands hospital in Graaff Reinet.
Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide.
