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Man, 20, dies, father critical after bakkie rolls

Johannesburg - A 20-year-old man was killed and his father was critically injured when their bakkie rolled outside Fochville on Friday night, Gauteng paramedics said.

The bakkie was found lying on its side in a veld, ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said.

"Two motionless bodies lay a few metres away from the vehicle.

"Paramedics assessed the two male patients and found that the man in his 20s had already succumbed to his multiple fatal injuries."

The man was declared dead on the scene.

His father was airlifted to hospital for urgent treatment.

The cause of the accident was not known.

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