Four dead after bakkie and truck collide near Henley Dam in KZN

Four people were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a truck and a bakkie on the M70 towards Henley Dam near Pietermaritzburg on Sunday.

On the first weekend after the ban on alcohol sales was lifted, 48 car crashes were recorded in Mpumalanga, community safety MEC Gabisile Tshabalala said on Monday.
On the first weekend after the ban on alcohol sales was lifted, 48 car crashes were recorded in Mpumalanga, community safety MEC Gabisile Tshabalala said on Monday. (iStock)

Four people were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a truck and a bakkie on the M70 towards Henley Dam near Pietermaritzburg on Sunday.

“Tragically four people have lost their lives in this ... crash. Paramedics have treated eight people at the scene, three of whom are in a critical condition,” said KwaZulu-Natal emergency medical services spokesperson Robert McKenzie.

He said the cause of the crash was not immediately known and police were investigating.


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