Seven people including a two-year-old toddler, some of them
believed to be Zimbabweans died on Sunday evening when the vehicle they were
travelling in rammed a haulage truck trailer between Musina and Beitbridge
Border Post along the N1 highway.
Police in Limpopo, this morning, said they were investigating a case of
culpable homicide after a Musina bound Toyota Fortuner rammed a haulage truck that was travelling towards the border.
South Africa Police Services provincial spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela
Mojapelo confirmed the incident adding that they were yet to identify the
deceased.
“The Police in Musina have registered a case of culpable
homicide after seven people lost their lives when a Toyota Fortuner smashed into the side of a truck on the N1 road between Musina and
Beitbridge at around 2130 hours on Sunday night,” he said.
“The truck had reportedly just moved from the Petros Truck
Stop which is located next to the road, turning onto the N1 road towards Beitbridge when the Fortuner, coming from the northerly
direction towards Musina, rammed into its trailer. Emergency personnel had to
remove the deceased from the wreckage of their vehicle that was trapped under
the truck. All the deceased, a baby boy aged about two years, three women and three
men, were in the Fortuner. The truck driver was alone and did not sustain any
injuries”.
Brigadier Mojapelo added; “The process of identifying the
deceased has already begun as they are unknown at this stage. Police
investigations into the circumstance of this incident are unfolding”.
The N1 highway is one of the busiest roads which links
South Africa with the rest of Sadc especially those from Malawi, DRC,Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The road has become a death trap with
over 60 people including Zimbabweans and Malawians having died in accidents in
the last 24 months. In November 2018, five Zimbabweans died following a
collision between a Toyota Quantum and Sable Class bus (cross-border) they were
travelling in near the same spot.
The Toyota Quantum and the bus were travelling to Zimbabwe
from Johannesburg when the driver of the former made an abrupt U-turn in front
of the bus resulting in the collision. Herald
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