Four people including a three-year-old boy died while four others sustained injuries in a head-on-collision on the N2 between Makhanda and Peddie on Thursday. Provincial transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said a Polo VW Vivo from Makhanda with three occupants two women and the little boy collided with a Toyota LDV with six occupants, all men believed to be from a local farm, travelling from the Peddie direction.
The driver of a light delivery vehicle (LDV) that was involved in a crash that claimed nine lives on Saturday has been arrested for culpable homicide, drunken driving and reckless and negligent driving. Mpumalanga department of community safety, security and liaison spokesperson Moeti Mmusi said on Monday morning that the man was attended to by the medical team at KwaMhlanga Hospital and discharged the same day of the accident.