A case culpable homicide has been opened following the death
of nine people in a head-on collision involving two minibus taxis on the N2 between
Makhanda and Nanaga on Sunday, January 9.
According to Eastern Cape Department of Transport
spokesperson, Unathi Binqose, it is alleged that a fully loaded taxi travelling
towards Gqeberha collided with another taxi travelling in the opposite
direction.
“One Quantum was from Gqeberha to Mthatha with only two
occupants and the other one was from Tsolo to Mosselbay fully loaded,” Binqose
said.
He added that the occupants in the other vehicle (male and
female) are suspected to be a husband and wife.
The deceased include seven adults (three females and four
males) and two children aged between one and four, with survivors rushed to a
hospital in Makhanda.
The MEC for Transport in the EC, Weziwe Tikana-Gxotiwe has
extended her deepest words of condolences to the bereaved families in what
remains the single crash that has claimed the most lives in the province this
festive season.
