THREE people were fatally injured and one critically injured, after a collision on the R66 outside Ulundi last week.
According to reports, a vehicle heading towards Nongoma swerved to avoid a cow and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle. The impact resulted in both vehicles catching alight.
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KZN EMS spokesperson Robert Mckenzie confirmed that three people were declared dead at the scene and one was rushed to hospital.
In the wake of the accident, Ulundi Mayor Wilson Ntshangase urged livestock owners to safeguard their animals.
‘People need to stop their cattle from roaming the streets, to avoid such accidents,’ he said.
‘Safeguarding livestock will also assist in theft prevention. This accident could have been avoided, had there been no animals on the road.’
Zululand cluster police spokesperson Captain Nkosi Gwala on Thursday said they had no record of the accident at the time.
