Five people die in North West accident

Five people, including three police officers, were killed in a crash on the N-12 highway between Klerksdorp and Wolmaransstad in North West on Tuesday. The accident apparently happened when a car collided with a truck and trailer and spun into the path of an oncoming police vehicle behind the trailer. North West police spokesperson Louis Jacobs said that three police inspectors, aged 32, 34, and 35, were killed, as well as a woman and a young boy in the other car. Another police officer and a man and a woman were admitted to hospital in Klerksdorp.