Three separate accidents have claimed eight lives and left four people seriously injured in Mpumalanga over the weekend.
Three separate accidents have claimed eight lives and left four people seriously injured in Mpumalanga over the weekend. The fatal accidents involved five light motor vehicles and a bakkie. The first incident took place around 21:00 on Saturday, involving a VW Polo and a Kia sedan. Four people lost their lives when the two vehicles collided head-on along the R568 Road between Siyabuswa and Kameelrivier. Mpumalanga Community Safety, Security and Liaison spokesperson Moeti Mmusi said the deceased were all men and included both drivers and their passengers. «They are aged between 22 and 30. No other injuries were reported. [They] were declared dead at the scene. The cause of the collision remains unclear. It is suspected that one of the drivers lost control and veered onto the oncoming traffic,» Mmusi said. The second accident took place outside White River shortly after midnight on Sunday, along the R538 road, when a bakkie collided with a light motor vehicle.
