South African dad drives over, kills his two children

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May 19, 2009, 9:44 GMT

Johannesburg - A South African father accidentally drove over and killed both his children, Beeld newspaper reported Tuesday. The tragic accident occurred as the man, identified as Jan-Hendrik van der Merwe, was driving with his four-year-old daughter and one- year-old baby boy on their farm in Western Cape province. The children were sitting in the front of the 4x4 vehicle, police said. 'They were driving on a gravel road on the farm and there was a bend to the left in the road. One of the children presumably opened the door,' a police spokesman was quoted as saying. The children fell out of the vehicle and landed underneath. They were the couple's only children.

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This is horrible... my heart bleeds for the family :(

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