3 Dead after pedestrian gets killed on N4

A pedestrian got killed while trying to cross the N4 highway and this caused a major accident.

On Wednesday evening, August 1 at about 19:15, a man was trying to cross the N4 highway near Kwa-Guqa location. The man was hit by a white minibus and he died on impact. The minibus with approximately 15 passengers pulled off next to the road to see if everybody was alright.

Emergency specialists attending to the passenger that was stuck in the vehicle

“I was behind the taxi when he hit the pedestrian, right after that the Golf came at the speed of light and he hit the deceased still lying in the road,” explained an eye witness that would like to stay anonymous.

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“I drove over a body part by accident as it happened so fast and I couldn’t stop in time,” she explained in a state of shock.

According to a bystander on scene the Volkswagen Golf tried to swerve out to miss the body that was lying in the road and this caused the Golf to roll. There were four passengers in the Golf.

The scene where the accident occured

Three people were declared dead on scene and four others were critically injured. Another injured person passed away in hospital later that evening.

The white Golf that rolled once it hit the deceased on the N4

All major emergency services were notified and they sped to the scene.

“The National Road Traffic Act clearly forbids anyone to hitchhike or walk or run over highways. The Department of Safety and Security in conjunction with the Road Traffic Personnel build several bridges which pedestrians can use to walk over the highways. Parents are encouraged to teach their children and family members not to walk or run over highways. Fines will be issued to those people who make themselves guilty of such offences,” concluded police spokesperson David Ratau.