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Three Britons have been killed and another injured in a car crash in South Africa. | Three Britons have been killed and another injured in a car crash in South Africa. |
Miranda Harris, 66, and married couple Chris Naylor, 58, and Susanna Naylor, 54, died when their car came off Swarkskop Bridge near Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, on Monday. | Miranda Harris, 66, and married couple Chris Naylor, 58, and Susanna Naylor, 54, died when their car came off Swarkskop Bridge near Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, on Monday. |
Harris’s husband Peter, 67, survived the crash with injuries, alongside the driver of the car. He is in a stable condition in a Port Elizabeth hospital. | Harris’s husband Peter, 67, survived the crash with injuries, alongside the driver of the car. He is in a stable condition in a Port Elizabeth hospital. |
It is thought that the car went off the bridge after it collided with another vehicle on the N2 motorway in Bluewater Bay, on South Africa’s southern coast. | It is thought that the car went off the bridge after it collided with another vehicle on the N2 motorway in Bluewater Bay, on South Africa’s southern coast. |
The two couples were in the country with Christian charity A Rocha, founded by Miranda and Peter Harris in the early 1980s. | The two couples were in the country with Christian charity A Rocha, founded by Miranda and Peter Harris in the early 1980s. |
Chris Naylor, executive director of A Rocha International, co-founded A Rocha Lebanon in 1996 with his wife. Both had worked as teachers in the Middle East. | |
In recent years, Susanna Naylor was head of science at Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford. | In recent years, Susanna Naylor was head of science at Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford. |
Rev Dave Bookless, director of theology at A Rocha, said: “The deaths of Chris, Miranda and Susanna leave a huge and irreplaceable hole in our lives and our organisation. | |
“Our prayers are for Peter’s full recovery, along with the driver of the vehicle they were travelling in, and also for the Harris and Naylor families, as well as the hundreds, if not thousands, who consider them as extended family. | “Our prayers are for Peter’s full recovery, along with the driver of the vehicle they were travelling in, and also for the Harris and Naylor families, as well as the hundreds, if not thousands, who consider them as extended family. |
“Now is a time for grief, and sharing our treasured memories of some godly people.” | “Now is a time for grief, and sharing our treasured memories of some godly people.” |
The Foreign Office said in a statement: “We are supporting the families of two British couples following a car accident in Port Elizabeth in which three people died and one was left seriously injured. Our staff are in contact with the South African authorities.” | |
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