4 people killed in head-on collision with truck on R40 in Mpumalanga

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4 people killed in head-on collision with truck on R40 in Mpumalanga

8:08 CAT | 25 Oct 2021

Four people were killed after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck.. [Photo: Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety]

Four people were killed on the R40 in Mpumalanga after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck on Sunday.

According to the Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison, they were killed between Accornhoek and Bushbuckridge.

The department said although investigations were ongoing, it appeared the driver of the car was driving at high speed, lost control and crashed into the truck, which was driving in the opposite direction.

The truck driver was unharmed.

It added:

The sedan was completely ripped apart as the truck drove over it, and there was nothing that the emergency personnel, who responded to the scene, could have done to save the four. The Jaws-of-Life had to be used to remove the remains of the deceased from the wreckage.

Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC Vusi Shongwe urged road users to drive with caution.

“Let us all come to the party and stop this carnage. Roads and transport are an integral part of our economy, and that is why the government is spending billions of rand to build and maintain these roads.

“A lot more is also spent on road safety initiatives. That is why it is so disheartening to lose so many people on the road,” said Shongwe.

Source: News 24