Cape Town — Eight people have died following two head-on collisions in the Eastern Cape as the province has now seen more than 80 deaths linked to road accidents.
Four people died following a head-on collision on the R61 between Komani and Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape on Monday evening, with the four deceased believed to be related.
In the first accident, a Mercedes-Benz sedan carrying four occupants collided with a truck with two occupants while travelling on the R61 between Komani and Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape. EC Transport Department, Unathi Binqose, said all four who died were travelling in the same car and were believed to be related, TimesLIVE reported.
“All four occupants of the sedan — a woman, two men and a boy — died at the scene,” Binqose said.
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Binqose said the occupants of the truck only sustained minor injuries.
SABC News reported that the second incident took place on the N2 near Qumbu in the Eastern Cape. An SUV with only a single male driver collided head-on with a VW UP with four occupants inside.
The four occupants of the VW died on the scene and were also believed to be related. The deceased are suspected to be a mother believed to be in her 40s, and her 3 children, two girls aged 12 and 9 and a young boy aged 5. The driver of the SUV escaped with minor injuries.
“It is believed that the deceased was a mother and her three children. They were possibly travelling home ahead of Christmas but their lives were brutally cut short in yet another head-on collision,” Binqose said.
“The Eastern Cape MEC for Transport, Xolile Nqatha has extended his sincere condolences to the families of the deceased. The MEC is calling on all road users to play our role in curbing these carnages on our roads,” Binqose added.
Eight people have been killed in two separate road crashes in the Eastern Cape. In the first incident, four people died when a Mercedes Benz SUV collided head-on with a Volkswagen on the N2 highway near Qumbu. #eNCA #DStv403 #TheSouthAfricanMorning pic.twitter.com/P7T2sNUwpE
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