ROAD ACCIDENTS – At least ten people including two pedestrians have lost their lives from five separate crashes in the Eastern Cape over the past 12 hours.
The deadliest of these crashes claimed four lives in a crash involving 3 cars, a bakkie and 2 sedans on the R61 road near or at Ntlakwe location in Bizana at about 19:00 last night. The deceased were three females and one male, all adults in that one.
According to Eastern Cape Department of Transport, While on the same R61 in Cofimvaba this time, three people died in a head-on collision involving an SUV and sedan.
In the other incident, two pedestrians were knocked down in two separate crashes, one at KwaBhaca and the other one in Bizana.
While on the N10 Between Klipfontein and Daggaboer’s neck, a Toyota Fortuner with two occupants overturned, one died while the other one sustained injuries.
Cases of culpable homicide have been opened for each of these incidents, for further investigations.