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Eight British tourists, pedestrian killed in S. Africa road accident.

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Eight British tourists were killed along with a pedestrian in a road accident near the eastern South African town of Bergville, officials told AFP.

Logan Maistry, a spokesman for the transport minister of KwaZulu Natal Province, said the accident occurred Wednesday evening when a minibus overturned after trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian.

"Eight British tourists died and a pedestrian was killed. Six died on the spot and two succumbed to their injuries in hospital," he said.

Nick Sheppard, media officer at the ...

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