UPDATE: Top Billing presenter killed in accident on William Nicol Drive

The accident took place at 5.30am on 31 January.

Mamonyane said Mhere was driving a Mitsubishi vehicle with two passengers when a VW Polo crashed into the side of the vehicle. A Mazda which was travelling behind the Mitsubishi was also hit in the collision. The VW Polo was travelling in a westerly direction from the highway and Mamonyane said it is believed that the driver ramped the island on William Nicol Drive before crashing into the Mitsubishi and Mazda vehicles.

Mamonyane said Mhere and another female passenger, who was sitting in the back-seat of the vehicle, were killed in the collision and another male passenger was taken to Helen Joseph Hospital for treatment.

Mamonyane said a case of culpable homicide and negligence would probably be opened against the driver of the VW Polo. The driver was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Update: 11am, 31 January:

Three of the people that were involved in a T-bone collision at the N1 south offramp and William Nicol Drive interchange have been hospitalised and are said to be in a critical condition.

City of Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson Nana Radebe confirmed that the male occupant of the Golf GTI, which collided with the two vehicles, sustained fractures both hands and knees. He remains in a critical condition at the Sandton Medi Clinic.

Update: 9.30am, 31 January: 

It is reported that the lanes on the road will be closed until 10am.

Khambule said Metro police believed a Golf GTI that was headed in a westerly direction from the N1 south offramp, crashed into two vehicles, a Mazda and Mitsubishi, which were travelling in a northerly direction on William Nicol Drive.

Khambule said the driver and passenger of the Mitsubishi vehicle died on the scene while the two women occupants of the Mazda vehicle sustained serious injuries and they were transported to Tembisa Hospital.

The driver of the Golf GTI also sustained injuries and was transported to Sandton Medi-Clinic while another injured person was transported to Helen Joseph Hospital.

City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, Metro police and Life Fourways Hospital’s paramedics attended to the accident.

31 January: 7.45am:

Metro police officer Vusi Khambule, who was attending the accident scene on William Nicol Drive by the highway interchange, confirmed that two people died and a further four people were injured and transported to hospital.

Two people were allegedly killed in a collision on William Nicol Drive on the morning of 31 January.

This is according to Arrive Alive.

It appears that three cars were involved in the accident. The crash took place on William Nicol Drive at the highway interchange in Bryanston.

One car was facing north and was lying on its side and was in the middle lane next to another car which was also headed in a northerly direction. Another car crashed into the pavement on the road.

Metro police officers were attending to the scene. Details of what caused the crash are unclear at this time.

Community members took to Twitter to talk about the accident.

@LoyisoGqola tweeted: “Drove past a really bad accident on William Nicol, left me sad with a lot of questions.”

@toosweetme tweeted: “Such a bad accident on William Nicol sheesh.”