Tragedy has again struck the Dale school community with the death of two primary school pupils in a crash on the N2 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dale Junior U13 hockey team was travelling from East London after playing a match against Stirling Primary when the driver lost control of the vehicle. Twelve pupils were critically injured, and have been transported to hospitals in East London and Mdantsane.
Strong winds of up to 60km/h may have toppled the Dale College Boys' Primary School bus, resulting in the deaths of two pupils on the N2 outside Qonce in the Eastern Cape. Fourteen others were injured.
Two pupils from Dale College Boys' Primary School were killed and 14 others injured in an accident on the N2 between Qonce and East London on Tuesday afternoon.