Young woman dies after vehicle rolls on R71
The deceased was a passenger in a vehicle which overturned approximately 12km outside Polokwane this morning.
POLOKWANE – A woman died on the scene of a 2-vehicle crash along the R71 on Monday morning (August 16).
The media liaison officer for the Department of Transport and Community Safety, Mike Maringa, said the incident involved two sedans and happened approximately 12km outside Polokwane at around 07:00.
“A 26-year-old female passenger died after the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle due to high speed, drove into the back of another vehicle and overturned,” he said.
According to a statement issued by ER24, paramedics arrived on the scene at 08:38 to find a light motor vehicle lying on its roof in the road.
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ER24’s communications officer Russel Meiring says on the scene paramedics attended to several people who were found lying outside of the vehicle. “Four of the patients were assessed and found to have sustained minor to critical injuries while one had succumbed to injuries sustained and was declared dead by another service.”
The injured people were transported to a nearby hospital for further care, Meiring added.
Maringa added that speeding and negligent driving has been cited as the possible cause of the incident.
A case of culpable homicide will be investigated.
