Passenger drowns, 3 missing after raging waters sweep taxi away in Weenen
Updated | By Lauren Beukes
Three people are missing after raging waters in Weenen swept away the taxi they were travelling in.
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Cooperative Governance says one passenger - a 40-year-old woman - drowned on Saturday.
Thirteen others managed to escape the flooded, low-lying bridge.
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Cogta's Senzelwe Mzila says according to reports from the scene, three people - including two teenagers are still missing.
"Disaster management teams are working none-stop to locate the missing people who are believed to be from one family according to the teams that responded to the incident."
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