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Three killed in R521 head-on collision

The cause of a head-on collision on the R521 that killed three people and seriously injured six is still under investigation.

POLOKWANE – Three people were killed during a head-on collision on the R521 Kalkbank road near Dendron this morning.

The incident left traffic at a standstill for several hours as emergency services attended to the scene.

Traffic at a standstill on the R521. Photo: Supplied.

The Limpopo Department of Transport reports a light delivery bakkie collided head-on with another vehicle at 07:50.

The driver and two passengers of the bakkie were declared dead, while the driver and five passengers from the other vehicle were seriously injured during the collision.

“The cause of the incident is still under investigation,” the department reports.

Last Monday (October 30), one person was killed during a head-on collision on the N1-28 near Makete Lodge outside Polokwane.

At the time of the incident, a freightliner truck and a sedan collided head-on, resulting in multiple rear-ends of two minibus taxis, a bakkie and two sedans.

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Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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