Engineers to inspect notorious R34 route following Vryheid crash

Engineers to inspect notorious R34 route following Vryheid crash

Community Safety officials in KZN are compiling a list of recommendations that they hope will reduce the number of road crashes on the R34.

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 Engineers will conduct an inspection along the notorious route - that connects Vryheid and Ulundi. 


This week, MEC Peggy Nkonyeni visited the families of the 10 people killed in a bakkie and car collision near Vryheid. 


She says they want to explore as many contributing factors as they can. 


READ: Death toll from Vryheid crash rises to 10


"We are worried as a provincial government, so we have identified challenges in the role where the accident had happened."


"As the Department of Transport, we are going to be intervening to ensure that such tragedy doesn't happen again in that particular road." 


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