Three adults and an infant died when a truck crashed into a sedan on the N3, near Roadside in the Free State.
Compiled by Botho MolosankweThree adults and a child died after a truck and a sedan collided on the N3 near Roadside in the Free State.The four died at the scene, while three other adults and another child were hospitalised.
Free State police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring, said allegations were that a silver grey Hyundai with a GP registration was about a few kilometres from Roadside when the driver made U-turn near the off ramp without noticing oncoming traffic. "Unfortunately the truck with NW registration which was transporting wheat collided with the sedan. As a result, three adults and [a] child died instantly on the scene. Another three adults and a child have been admitted at a local hospital in Harrismith. The driver of the truck is free from injury and the truck is slightly damaged. A case of culpable homicide is being investigated," Mophiring said.
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