Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after five
people were killed and others left injured in a head-on collision at Mqanduli
yesterday.
Eastern Cape department of transport spokesperson Unathi
Binqose said the accident happened when a Toyota Quantum with 16 occupants,
from Mqanduli, collided with a truck with two occupants.
“Four people were declared dead at the scene while the fifth
person died on arrival at a hospital. The injured were taken to Nelson Mandela
Provincial Hospital and Madwaleni Hospital for further medical assistance,”
Binqose said.
He added that the two occupants in the truck escaped
unharmed.
