Four injured in accident
Four people cheated death on Saturday morning when they where flung from the vehicle they were travelling in when it overturned.
MANGWENI – Four people cheated death on Saturday morning when they where flung from the vehicle they were travelling in when it overturned. This accident, which left an elderly woman in a critical condition, angered this small community, which called for the erection of speed humps on the main road.
“This is one of the busiest roads and speeding is a daily occurrence, especially by taxis, and yet there are no street humps,” said one woman at the scene.
The community claimed to have witnessed quite a number of accidents on this road and most agreed that speed humps and regular traffic officials’ presence would help decrease the number of incidents, especially fatal ones.
According to eyewitnesses the driver of the bakkie lost control when he tried to overtake another vehicle.
“As he was overtaking, a taxi approached from the opposite direction, and he tried to swerve,” said a bystander.
“The next moment the bakkie overturned and the passengers were flung out.”
Traffic officials and paramedics were called to the scene and managed to save lives.
The MEC for community safety, security and liaison, Mr Vusi Shongwe, earlier stressed the need for government to hire the services of counsellors to offer much-needed advice to the police and paramedics who deal with accidents, especially fatal ones.
“Some of these are so horrific and these people are the ones who have to clean up the mess, which leaves them traumatised.”
He also said that such accidents not only robbed families of their loved ones, but also cost government billions of rand which could have been channelled into service delivery.
