By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
At least five people lost their lives in a collision involving two vehicles on Saturday evening on the N11 in the Sekhukhune district in Limpopo.
Department of Transport and Community Safety acting spokesperson Phuti Lekganyane said an SUV “unsafely overtook another vehicle” and collided with an oncoming light motor vehicle.
Lekganyane said both drivers and three passengers lost their lives.
This is the third accident that claimed multiple lives in less than two weeks.
“You will remember that on the 28 August we had a bus that killed 10 people in Makhado and last week on Sunday along the N1, another five people lost their lives on our roads, said Lekganyane.
Transport MEC Violet Mathye appealed to motorists to drive with caution, especially during weekends.
She also voiced concern over the number of road collisions in which large numbers of people have been killed.
“This accident happens hot on the heels of the other two, where a cumulative 15 lives were lost at once. All these happened within a space of less than two weeks,” she said.