A further six people were injured in the crash. Picture: Eastern Cape Transport Department.
It was another grim weekend in the Eastern Cape after at least five people, including a four-month-old baby, died in a head-on collision on the N2 highway.
The accident happened between Nanaga and Makhanda on Sunday.
A further six people were injured in the crash.
Eastern Cape Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha’s spokesperson, Makhaya Komisa said the accident happened at 4:30 pm when the two vehicles collided head-on.
“The death toll in a head-on collision involving a Polo sedan and a Chevrolet Spark in the Eastern Cape has risen to five. The deceased includes a 4-month-old baby.”
Nqatha said emergency service treated the injured passengers and transported them to nearby hospitals in the Eastern Cape.
“Transport and Community Safety MEC Xolile Nqatha has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the grieving families and wished the injured passengers a speedy recovery.
“MEC Nqatha continues to call on motorists in the Eastern Cape to adhere to the rules of the road as most accidents that have occurred in the province have been caused by human behaviour,” Nqatha said.
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Last week, more than 30 people were injured in two separate accidents in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
In the first crash, fifteen school children were injured in a taxi accident on the M4 northbound before the M41 in Umhlanga just after 11 am on Monday.
ALS Paramedics Medical Services spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said traffic was severely affected by the accident.
In a separate accident on the same day, eighteen people were injured after a taxi collided with a car on the N3 Durban bound before Spine Road just after 12:30 pm.
Jamieson said paramedics arrived on the scene to find “total carnage”.
Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy and her deputy Mkhuleko Hlengwa are expected to release the 2024/2025 festive season road safety report on Monday.
The report will provide an account of the Festive Season Road Safety Campaign launched by Creecy and Hlengwa on 1 December 2024, including road crashes and fatalities.
The campaign’s theme was “Every day without a Road Death – South Africa 2024”.
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