MEDIA ALERT

DATE: 25 APRIL 2003
TO: ALL MEDIA
ATTENTION: NEWS EDITORS / TRANSPORT REPORTERS

 

A memorial service for the fourteen (14) people who were killed in a road crash on Tuesday, 22 April 2003 near Melmoth will be held on Wednesday, 30 April 2003 at 10h00 at the Melmoth Town Hall.

Hundreds of people including KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Mr S’bu Ndebele, Members of Parliament, Mayors from surrounding towns, Councillors and community members will attend.

The fourteen (14) farm workers were killed instantly in a crash involving a truck, at approximately 15h45 on Tuesday (2003-04-22) along the R68, forty kilometres from Melmoth towards Babanango.

It is alleged that the driver of the truck in which approximately sixty (60) farm workers were being conveyed, lost control due to speed and overturned. Fourteen (14) workers, twelve (12) males and two (2) females, were killed instantly.

For further information and enquiries please contact Clement Mtshali on 083 256 2870.

 
Issued By: Logan Maistry
Deputy Director: Communications
Cell: 083 644 4050

 

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