A 27-year-old man was killed after the bakkie he was a passenger in crashed and rolled in Steytlerville in the Karoo on Friday, Eastern Cape police said.

"It is alleged the driver lost control of the bakkie on a turn in the road," said Captain Stefanie Smith.

The accident took place in the early hours of Friday on a gravel road.

The driver and the passenger, Johan van der Watt from Patensie, were returning to their hotel after attending a game hunting meeting on a nearby farm, said Smith.

A case of culpable homicide had been opened.

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