Overview

• Mpumalanga officials confirmed four deaths after a head-on collision between a light delivery vehicle and a sedan on the N2 between eMkhondo and Pongola on Sunday morning.
• Three victims were in the sedan, including the driver, and a female pedestrian was found near the LDV wreckage, while the LDV driver and a child were hospitalised with serious injuries.
• Authorities temporarily closed the N2 to clear wreckage and said reckless driving cannot be ruled out as investigators reconstruct the crash.
• In a separate incident on Saturday near OPhongolo in northern KwaZulu-Natal, three people died and two were injured when a truck collided with a light motor vehicle.
• KZN’s Road Traffic Inspectorate handed the OPhongolo case to SAPS, and the province reported intensified weighbridge monitoring with arrests that included undocumented occupants and truck drivers lacking Professional Driving Permits.