Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst gives details on the crash:Provincial Transport Department spokesperson Kwanele Ncalane says, “The accident involved 10 vehicles which were involved in a pile-up after a truck lost control and this resulted in a number of vehicles piling up. All the fatalities are believed to have been in a minibus taxi. We are currently trying to establish where the taxi was travelling from and where it was going.
Meanwhile, the KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department says rubbernecking is suspected to have played a role in the crash as early indications are, that initially, two trucks collided but that rubbernecking led to further collisions between eight other vehicles including a fully loaded minibus taxi. Traffic on this stretch of the highway has come to a standstill while emergency services clear up the scene. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.