Seven people die in three road accidents

At least seven people have lost their lives in three road accidents over the past 24 hours. Three people reportedly died at the Glen Douglas mine near Meyerton in Gauteng when a 50-ton truck drove over a car, killing the occupants. In North West, two truck drivers burnt to death after their vehicles collided on the N-12 between Bloemhof and Wolmaranstad in the North West. One vehicle was a petrol tanker and the other truck was transporting vehicles. Both drivers burnt to death when the trucks caught fire. The road had to be closed for hours.

And in Mpumalanga, two motorcyclists were killed and a woman was critically injured when two powerful motorbikes collided between Sabie and Graskop during the Graskop Paradise Race. The woman is a police captain, stationed at the Graskop police station. She is being treated in hospital.