A head-on collision claimed the lives of three people on the R23 between Val and Balfour today (May 27).

According to the spokesperson for the Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Moeti Mmusi, the accident between a light delivery vehicle and a sedan happened at about 12:30.

A woman who was driving the sedan and two men who were in the LDV were killed in the crash and were burnt beyond recognition after the vehicles caught fire.

Mmusi said the cause of the crash is yet to be established.