SAPS Vehicle Collides With Bus in Limpopo As KZN Cops Probe Horror Crash That Killed 12
- Twelve people died when an SUV and a bakkie collided head-on on the R622 Mooi Plaza route on Saturday
- Meanwhile, a police car collided head-on with a bus in Limpopo but did not result in any fatalities on Friday
- KZN police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda told Briefly News police opened a culpable homicide docket
- Limpopo police Colonel Malesela Ledwaba told Briefly News that authorities were probing a reckless driving case
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GREYTOWN — A head-on collision between an SUV and a bakkie claimed 12 lives near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend.
Nine people were travelling in the bakkie and five in a Toyota Fortuner SUV.
KZN cops probe crash that killed 12
The crash killed 11 people, who were pronounced dead at the scene, and one other person on Sunday — raising the death toll to 12 — after three people were taken to hospital in serious condition.
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The deadly crash happened on the R622 Mooi Plaza route on Saturday.
KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda told Briefly News that Greytown police were investigating a culpable homicide case.
"Twelve people were pronounced dead in a head-on collision on Saturday afternoon. Nine of the victims were travelling in the bakkie. The cause of the accident is still under investigation," said Netshiunda.
SAPS bakkie crashes in Limpopo
Meanwhile, Limpopo police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a head-on collision between a cop car and a bus.
Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba told a Briefly News reporter that a reckless or negligent driving case was under investigation.
He said the crash happened on Friday, 30 August, near the Tshitomboni village. However, no people died.
Ledwaba did not divulge how many officers were in the police van, saying it would form part of the investigation. He said no lives were lost in the crash.
6 MK Party members killed, 10 injured in taxi crash
In a related news story, Briefly News reported that six uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party members died in a fatal minibus taxi accident along the notoriously dangerous Ntunjambili bends on Saturday, 31 August.
The accident reportedly happened between Estcourt and Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, en route to a commemorative event.
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