Seven people have died in a head-on collision involving a truck on the N2 road between Dutywa and Butterworth in the Eastern Cape.
The Eastern Cape transport department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said, it’s understood a truck and a car collided on Saturday night after one of the vehicles tried to overtake the other.
“One woman and six men died on the scene while the truck driver was injured,” Binqose said.
He added that police are investigating a case of culpable homicide.
“Head-on collisions often point to one thing, that one of the drivers was on the right side of the road when the accident happened. It is for that reason that the MEC for transport in the Eastern Cape is pleading with motorists to obey the rules of the road at all times.”
