#EasterTraffic – 4 dead and 28 injured in separate accidents on Limpopo’s roads
Spokesperson for the Department of Transport, Matome Moremi-Taueatsoala says the flow of traffic to Polokwane has quietened down since midnight
LIMPOPO – Moremi-Taueatsoala described traffic flow on the N1 overnight as ‘stable’, saying an average of 1 900 passed through the Kranskop toll plaza between 21:00 and midnight.
However, it seems traffic is picking up again on the N1.
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“Traffic flow was managed properly by our traffic officials, however, we have had three incidents in which people have died on our roads,” he said.
The first accident took place on Thursday afternoon on the R25 near Vaalfontein, Marble Hall, where a 69-year-old female died after a Toyota Quantam jack-knived.
Moremi-Taueatsoala says the driver of the vehicle lost control and in doing so, 11 passengers and the driver were seriously injured. The injured passengers and the driver were taken to the Groblersdal Hospital to receive medical treatment.
Three more people were killed in two separate incidents which happened in the early hours of this morning, 30 March.
Two people were killed on the Gilead Road in the Waterberg district when a VW Polo Sedan collided head on with a light duty Nissan vehicle. This caused another VW Polo to rear end the Nissan.
“A 36-year-old male and a 25-year-old female were killed and the driver of the Nissan was seriously injured. 15 people were slightly injured during the accident,” Moremi-Taueatsoala explained.
The cause of the accident was noted as reckless driving and all patients were transported to the Thaba Leshoba Health Centre.
The last accident saw a pedestrian being killed on the R71 near Mankweng. Moremi-Taueatsoala says the pedestrian was in the roadway and was knocked by a car in a hit and run.
“We want to encourage motorists to drive carefully and safely and obey the rules of the road. These are accidents we could have avoided because it would appear that people were driving recklessly in the early hours of the morning. Our officials will be reinforced in those areas, taking a no tolerance approach,” he concluded.
