Death toll rises to 9 in Limpopo police van crash
The death toll in a police van crash that
claimed the lives of awaiting trial prisoners has risen to nine.
On Thursday, six detainees died on the R101 while being transported from Mokopane Police station to Mookgophong Magistrate Court.
READ: Police officer, inmates killed in Limpopo crash
Limpopo Police spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says a police officer who was escorting the inmates also died in the crash.
" Two more inmates who had been admitted in hospital following the collision between a police vehicle and a truck sadly succumbed come to their injuries on Friday. That brings the death toll to nine; one police officer and eight prisoners. The remaining injured inmates are still receiving medical treatment,” said Mashaba.
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