JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Eight South Africans were killed when a pick-up lorry ploughed into a crowd of people butchering a road-kill hippopotamus for meat, police and emergency services said on Sunday.
The hippo had been hit and killed by a lorry on Saturday evening in the northern province of Limpopo, attracting large numbers of people from nearby villages intent on chopping up its corpse.
They were then hit by a pick-up lorry whose driver failed to spot them in the dark, police said.
"The people thought they were getting free meat. It's very unfortunate that this had to happen," said Limpopo police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi. "It's not something that happens all the time."
A further 12 people were injured, including the driver of the pick-up, who faces possible culpable homicide charges when he leaves hospital, Mulaudzi added.
(Reporting by Ed Cropley; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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