S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).

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 Four people have died after a car was swept away at an overflowing bridge in the Makotopong River near Sebayeng. Police recovered the bodies after a blue Renault Kwid carrying five occupants was pulled into the river during heavy water flow on Sunday morning, 8 March 2026. One passenger escaped from the vehicle and alerted police and emergency services. Police say the car was travelling along the Madiga–Makotopong gravel road when it overturned at the flooded bridge and was dragged into the river. The Provincial Search and Rescue team recovered the first body on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, from Madiga Village. EMS personnel declared him dead at the scene. Search operations resumed on Monday with the SAPS Water Wing Unit, EMS Search and Rescue, the Fire and Rescue Department, and an EMS helicopter. Teams located the submerged vehicle and recovered three more bodies. The victims were identified as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shel...

A TRUCK CARRYING CEMENT KILLED OVER 20 PERSONS AT A SPOT TODAY IN IHIALA ANAMBRA STATE.{GRAPHIC PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: one or more people                                                      Unending tears in Ihiala today as Dangote trialer loaded with cement ran into people around Total Filling Station killing over 20 persons at a spot and left many with serious injuries.A dangote truck fully loaded with cement inexplicably veered of the road and plunged inside the gutter close to Fist Bank.Not less than 25 persons lost there lives in that ugly incident,The casualties were mostly hawkers ranging from young children hawking gala,pure water,aki n ukwa,chips to old women selling okpa bread and other varieties of goods consumables.It was gathered that the driver absconded and fled from the scene as soon as the incident happened.There was wailing all over the place as people were running frantically trying to know if they could identify any of the casualties.An ambulance conveyed the corpses t the nearby mortuary at our Lady of Lourdes Ihiala,Anambra state.According to another source,some of the victims are responding to treatment while some are still in critical condition.More photos below.
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