Accident near Macassar

A taxi killed two women while they were exchanging details on the N3 northbound carriageway near the Geldenhuys Interchange, east of Johannesburg .

Netcare 911 said that initial information suggests that the cars of the two women were involved in a minor collision and they got out to exchange details, said spokesman Jeff Wicks.

While they were still talking to each other on the roadside, a minibus taxi pushed through the scene and struck the women, throwing them forward before passing over their bodies.

The women, who were both middle-aged, died instantly while several occupants of the minibus were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital in an ambulance.

The driver of the minibus was not injured.

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