TELEVISION entertainer Tolla van der Merwe was killed in a car accident near Belfast on Monday morning. Mpumalanga police said Van der Merwe died soon after being admitted to a Middelburg hospital at 7am. Television producer Ollie Viljoen and Afrikaans story-teller Koos Meyer were also seriously injured in the accident. Viljoen’s wife Estelle was killed in the accident, which occurred about 30kms from Belfast in the direction of Gauteng. A truck jack-knifed across the N4 highway and their car, a Mercedes, was crushed beneath the truck. The entertainers were on their way to Johannesburg after taking part in the Sarie-Arts festival, held in White River over the weekend.