曼德拉曾孙女遇车祸身亡_英语万花筒

    nelson mandela's great-granddaughter has been killed in a car crash after a concert on the eve of the world cup.
    zenani mandela, 13, died when travelling home after the concert in soweto, the nelson mandela foundation said. no-one else was hurt.
    zenani was one of mr mandela's nine great-grandchildren.
    the incident came just hours before the former south african president was due to attend the opening of the world cup in johannesburg.
    early reports quoted police as saying zenani had been travelling with nelson mandela's former wife, winnie madikizela, when the accident happened near johannesburg city centre.
    but the foundation told the bbc winnie madikizela was not in the car, which was the only vehicle involved in the crash at around 0030 (2230 gmt on thursday).
    "the family has asked for privacy as they mourn this tragedy," said the foundation in a statement.
    zenani had celebrated her 13th birthday on 9 june.
    heavy traffic
    the car overturned as it came off a slip road on the m1 motorway, which travels through johannesburg city centre, says the bbc's karen allen in the city.
    the car's driver has been arrested and police said they were investigating charges of culpable homicide, our correspondent adds.
    thursday's world cup concert had drawn tens of thousands to soweto's orlando stadium, and traffic in the area had been busy into the early hours of friday.
    the event featured a cast of international stars - including colombian singer shakira, the black eyed peas and alicia keys, as well as african stars amadou & mariam and hugh masekela.
    anti-apartheid icon mr mandela, 91, had campaigned for the world cup to come to south africa.
    some 350,000 people are expected to visit south africa for the competition, which is being held in africa for the first time.
    【相关中文报道】
    北京时间6月11日午时,据bbc新闻网消息,曼德拉基金会公布了一条噩耗,在这一全世界都在欢庆世界杯即将开始的时刻传来悲剧:南非前总统尼尔森-曼德拉的曾孙女、13岁的泽娜妮-曼德拉在世界杯前夕的会后不幸遭遇车祸身亡。
    曼德拉基金会称,泽娜妮-曼德拉是在观看完昨夜于约翰内斯堡奥兰多体育场举办的索维托音乐会后,在当地时间6月11日凌晨0点30分(北京时间6月11日6点30分)左右乘车回家的途中遭遇车祸身亡的。据bbc记者介绍,由于当时高速公路太滑,泽娜妮-曼德拉的座驾最终冲出高速公路翻倒在地。警方发言人表示,当时与泽娜妮-曼德拉同行的是曼德拉的前妻温妮-马蒂基泽拉,不过,除了泽娜妮不幸遇难,其他同行人员并没有出现伤亡。目前警方已经将司机带走进行调查,由于现场没有任何其他受害者和相撞车辆,因此他们怀疑这是一起故意杀人案。
    曼德拉基金会在声明中表示:“曼德拉的家人现在希望公众能够给他们一些私人空间,好处理后事和哀悼。”
    泽娜妮是曼德拉先生的9个曾孙之一,在6月9日刚刚度过了自己13岁的生日,有消息称她原本将和曼德拉先生一同出席南非世界杯开幕式。在曼德拉先生即将参加世界杯开幕式的几个小时前发生如此悲剧,对这位功勋卓着的南非前总统来说是一个极大的打击,这一悲剧性的事件也为他是否会出席南非世界杯开幕式打上了疑问。
    截止目前,曼德拉基金会官网以及南非各大媒体并未对此事和曼德拉先生接下来的动向进行报道,衷心祝愿这位92岁高龄的老人能够挺过这一次近乎毁灭性的打击。