Overview
- A sedan and a light delivery vehicle collided head-on on Monday morning on the N12 in Mpumalanga, leaving no survivors.
- Authorities confirmed five fatalities in the sedan and two in the LDV, with the sedan carrying two women and three men and the LDV two men.
- Preliminary accounts indicate one vehicle appeared to lose control, left its carriageway, crossed the central space, and struck the oncoming vehicle.
- Investigators from the police, the Road Traffic Management Corporation, and the provincial safety department are conducting a joint investigation.
- Mpumalanga MEC Jackie Macie urged motorists to exercise greater caution and to obey road rules as the probe continues.