Accident victims laid to rest in Kgari

Some of the attendants at the royal families funeral PIC: CHRISTINAH MOTLHABANE
Some of the attendants at the royal families funeral PIC: CHRISTINAH MOTLHABANE

KGARI: Multitudes of mourners thronged here on Saturday, to pay their last respects to a family who lost their lives during fatal accidents that occurred in Gaborone and Tsamaya village recently.

The victims, mother, daughter and son perished hours apart in different places on September 9 and 10 respectively and other victims were hospitalised at the Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital. The horrific accidents started with a fatal accident where Uyapo Balisi Tapson (35) met his tragic death in Gaborone, when the trailer of a truck loaded with sand collapsed and buried his Golf GTI underneath.

The accident occurred near the Fairgrounds Filling Station on September 9. In another accident, Tapson’s mother Maria English (65) and sister Kedibonye Motibedi (40) were involved in a horrific car accident along the A1 road in Tsamaya village heading to Kgari, their home village.

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