Six people killed in separate accidents across the province
Reasons for these accidents include pedestrians and animals in the road as well as speeding
LIMPOPO – The department of transport have once again called on motorists to be cautious when driving after four separate accidents took place on Limpopo’s roads.
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In the first accident, which took place on the N1-28 near Botlokwa RDP, two motor vehicles collided head side.
According to the department’s spokesperson, Moremi Matome, the officer on scene said the driver of a VW Polo entered the road unsafely and collided with a Mercedes Benz.
Two people were killed while one passenger was seriously injured and three others sustained minor injuries.
“The patients were transported to a hospital in Botlokwa,” Matome said.
In the second accident, a 48-year-old woman was killed after a VW Polo knocked a pedestrian while crossing the road, in the Matititi Village in Malamulele.
Meanwhile, in Greenside, a pedestrian was also knocked down and killed by a Hyundai sedan.
In the fourth reported accident, two people were killed and one person moderately injured when an over-speeding BMW hit two cattle in Makgatle in the Sekhukhune District.
The department has called on motorists to be vigilant and keep to the rules of the road.
