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Five killed in multi-vehicle pile-up between Ramsgate and Southbroom
Authorities are investigating the cause of the collision.
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Four people died at the scene of a three-vehicle collision on the R61 between Ramsgate and Southbroom before the arrival of emergency services, and a fifth person succumbed to injuries in hospital earlier today.
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Kwazulu Private Ambulance Service and other emergency services assessed the scene and found three people had sustained critical injuries, another three had sustained serious injuries and two more had suffered minor injuries.
Paramedics stabilised the patients before they were transported to hospital.
Sadly, on scene, four other occupants had sustained fatal injuries and succumbed to their injuries before emergency services arrived.
At hospital, one of the critically injured patients deteriorated, and despite the efforts of the doctors, the patient was declared dead.
The cause of the collision is not known but authorities are investigating.