Gruesome accident on R555 in Mpumalanga

Two of the passengers seated at the back were thrown under another vehicle.


An accident on Stoffberg Road (R555) in Mpumalanga has claimed the lives of at least two people, Middelburg Observer reports.

The road was closed for a while causing traffic to pile up for at least a kilometre.

Bystanders said a pickup truck belonging to a mine contractor hit a Nissan 1400 with people on the back from behind. The impact caused the occupants of the Nissan to fly into the air, with two people landing under the other vehicle.

One of the injured passengers.

One of the injured passengers.

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People, injured and dead, lay strewn over the road surface with paramedics from ER24, Mpumacare and the Provincial Emergency Services running from patient to patient looking for signs of life.

Motorists are urged to expect heavy delays when travelling on the Stoffberg Road (R555).

READ MORE:

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/about-10-injured-in-two-durban-road-accidents/

– Caxton News Service

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