{"id":46263,"date":"2023-10-07T15:29:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T13:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/six-people-dead-seven-sustain-injuries-in-two-separate-eastern-cape-accidents-20231007\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:02:03","slug":"six-people-dead-seven-sustain-injuries-in-two-separate-eastern-cape-accidents-20231007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/six-people-dead-seven-sustain-injuries-in-two-separate-eastern-cape-accidents-20231007\/","title":{"rendered":"Six people dead, seven sustain injuries in two separate Eastern Cape accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least six people have died while seven others have sustain injuries during two separate accidents on the N2 between Peddie and Makhanda and on the R61 between Mthatha and Engcobo on October 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW257794916 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW257794916 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW257794916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{9e3ce280-b93c-4a6a-8303-599abd2f0b17}{73}\" paraid=\"1064713748\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">According to spokesperson for the Department of Transport, Unathi Binqose, in the first accident, four&nbsp;people died while four others sustained injuries during a head-on collision on the N2 between Peddie and Makhanda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW257794916 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW257794916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{9e3ce280-b93c-4a6a-8303-599abd2f0b17}{78}\" paraid=\"9288838\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cA Toyota Avanza with seven occupants collided with a Fidelity Security Services van. There were two male officers inside the Fidelity vehicle who were from Makanda and were heading towards Peddie (Ngqutshwa),\u201d said Binqose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW257794916 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW257794916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{9e3ce280-b93c-4a6a-8303-599abd2f0b17}{88}\" paraid=\"685294083\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">He said that four people, including the driver of the Avanza died while five others, including the two Fidelity officers sustained injuries and were rushed to a hospital in Makhanda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW257794916 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW257794916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{9e3ce280-b93c-4a6a-8303-599abd2f0b17}{98}\" paraid=\"2121874001\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">Binqose said that in another head-on collision, on the R61 between Mthatha and Engcobo, two people died while three others sustained injuries. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW257794916 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW257794916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{9e3ce280-b93c-4a6a-8303-599abd2f0b17}{108}\" paraid=\"550787181\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">He said that a VW Polo with four men inside collided with a mini truck. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW257794916 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" verdana,=\"\" web',=\"\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW257794916 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{9e3ce280-b93c-4a6a-8303-599abd2f0b17}{113}\" paraid=\"1686122566\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cTwo male occupants from the VW Polo (driver and rear passenger) died on the scene while the two other passengers in the Polo were rushed to a hospital in Mthatha. 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