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Three perish in road mishaps

Accident scene PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Accident scene PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

A 24-year-old woman and two men, aged 31 and 33, died on Saturday morning in separate road accidents in Tlokweng and Tsolamosese respectively.

Divisional Traffic Officer for South Central, Assistant Commissioner Reginald Matlhaba said the woman who was a passenger on a Toyota Altezza lost her life in an accident that occurred near Oasis Motel in Tlokweng.

Matlhaba stated that the driver of the car, a 26-year-old man, had lost control of the vehicle and hit an electric pole. He stated that the driver managed to escape the accident with minor injuries. In another accident, two men burnt inside a Honda Fit along A10 Road in an accident in which they were trapped in the car following a head-on collision that resulted in a fire.

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