Six killed on Ekurhuleni roads over the Easter weekend
In one accident the driver and his two passengers died
Six people were killed in four accidents in Ekurhuleni over the Easter weekend.
None of these fatal accidents happened on Kempton Park roads.
On April 19, the driver of a VW Golf and his two passengers were killed on Fred Wagner Road in Duduza, said Chief Supt Wilfred Kgasago, metro police spokesperson.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned.
Also on April 19, a Toyota minibus taxi lost control and hit a pedestrian standing on a sidewalk on Poplar Road in Mapleton in Boksburg. The pedestrian died on the scene, while the taxi ended up colliding with a tuck shop.
On April 20 at 4pm on R21 between Olifantsfontein and the Bapsfontein turnoff, two motorcycles sideswiped each other, Kgasago said. One collided with a steel barrier with the rider dying instantly.
On April 21 at 10.30pm, on the M7 between Mbali and Tsotetsi in Katlehong, a Toyota sedan skipped a stop street and t-boned a Mazda sedan, resulting in the driver of the Mazda being killed.
