Three Eastern Cape department of health nurses were killed in a car accident on the R63 road between King William’s Town and Alice on Tuesday morning.
Eastern Cape Department of Transport spokesman Ncedo Kumbaca said the accident occurred at 6am on a stretch of road between Middledrift and Debenk.
The Toyota Avanza carrying the nurses to a graduation ceremony in Alice collided head-on with a truck.
Three people died on the scene and seven people were rushed to a hospital in Alice.
Six people are in a critical condition. Both drivers are amongst those critically injured‚ Kumbaca said.
– TMG Digital/Daily Dispatch
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