Four dead and 17 injured in KZN accident involving two trucks and several cars

Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after four people were killed and 17 injured in an accident involving two trucks and several light motor vehicles in Kranskop in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Saturday.

KwaZulu-Natal emergency services spokesperson Robert Mckenzie said they were called out to the accident scene on Saturday morning.

“Tragically four people have sustained fatal injuries from the crash. Paramedics from KZN emergency services together with their colleagues from private ambulance services treated six patients at the scene of the crash,” said Mckenzie.

According to police, a truck transporting meat lost control and crashed into a wall. While community members were collecting the meat a second truck with brake failure crashed into the people and other cars.

Mckenzie said police were on the scene, investigating the cause of the crash.