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The truck that caused the horrific N3 accident that claimed 16 Lives in KZN.

KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating the cause of a horrific crash that claimed the lives of 16 people on the N3 southbound between the Peter Brown and Chatterton offramps in Pietermaritzburg in the early hours of Saturday morning. KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport’s Spokesperson, Kwanele Ncalane, says, “All the fatalities are believed to have been from the minibus taxi. We are currently trying to establish where the taxi was travelling from and where it was going to. Indications are that it was moving from Johannesburg to Harding.”It is believed that the 10-vehicle pile-up resulted after a truck lost control and overturned leaving some of its load strewn over the embankment.

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport Siboniso Mbhele says traffic officers received a call that a truck was lying on its side and while they were attending to that incident, a secondary accident happened around 2 am which resulted in the loss of 16 lives.Mbhele adds, “We want to convey our condolences to the families of the deceased and we would like to warn motorists that when they are travelling on roads where there is construction to obey the rules of the road and to also focus on driving.

The road remained closed for over 8 hours to make way for the police investigation. The Department says the process of identifying the deceased will now follow.Authorities say an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash. The identities of the deceased have not yet been released as their next of kin are still being contacted.

Quite shocking that there are large number of foreign drivers who has limited knowledge of our road network and laws applicable to the kind of work they do. Very common to see trucks in the fast lane driving at the speed of 80km/h and some making U-turns in suburbs

Zimbos truck drivers with fake license from Hillbrow

Absolutely terrible 😢

Bathini ngathi esilibe sistuck since 5pm yesteday? When are they going to open up the roas?

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