By Lelethu Mquqo
23 May 2011
An accident in North West and one in the Eastern Cape have claimed the lives of 14 people.
Six people died and one was critically injured in a head on collision involving a sedan and truck on the R-509 Derby-Boons road in North West this morning.
Spokesperson Moses Kwele says a car with seven occupants driving from Johannesburg to Zeerust veered into the path of an oncoming lorry near Kwakfontein.
A woman in her 50’s, three children aged 8, 11 and 13 and infant twins of about 3 months died on the spot.
The accident in the Eastern Cape involved a collision after a car overturned and rolled into the path of another.
Eight people died at the scene. The drivers of both vehicles have been left critically injured.
The accident occurred on the N-2 between Butterworth and Ndabazaki.
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