News24newest.jpg 38 Swazi girls killed in horror crash News24, Mbabane, Swaziland, 29 August 2015 The Swaziland Solidarity Network says 38 girls were killed in an accident while they were on their way to cut reeds for the annual Umhlanga reed dance. Another 20 were seriously injured. The accident occurred along the Mbabane - Manzini highway, it said. In a <https://www.facebook.com/groups/swazilandsolidaritynetwork/?fref=ts> statement on Saturday, the group said: "What saddens our network is the fact that the loss of life was avoidable. To begin with, carrying people in trucks is against traffic laws." Reports say the girls were at the back of an open truck when the collision occurred. The group further went on to call for the reed dance to be cancelled, and for the royal family to help the respective families bury their children. The <http://www.times.co.sz/news/104440-imbali-killed-in-truck-accident.html> Times of Swaziland reported that the accident involved two trucks carrying the girls, and a Toyota van. Witnesses reportedly said traffic police officers pulled over the Toyota and the first truck smashed into it. The second truck crashed into the back of the first truck. <http://ewn.co.za/2015/08/29/Swazi-girls-killed-en-route-the-reed-dance> EWN reported that the accident comes just a day before King Maswati the third was due to choose a new wife. From: <http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/38-Swazi-girls-killed-in-horror-crash-201 50829> http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/38-Swazi-girls-killed-in-horror-crash-2015 0829 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
