Five people killed in KZN, Mpumalanga crashes
Five people have been killed in separate crashes in KZN and Mpumalanga province.
In the first accident on Monday morning, a delivery van and an SUV collided head-on on the R40 near Hazyview.
Two men and two women lost their lives.
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Authorities in Mpumalanga are investigating the exact cause of the accident, but dangerous overtaking is suspected.
Later in the morning, a tow truck operator died in a collision in Verulam, north of Durban.
First responders say the incident occurred on Old Main Road in Ottawa earlier.
"We were informed of a tow truck that had collided with a barrier,” said Reaction Unit South Africa's Prem Balram.
“Paramedics and Reaction Unit got to the scene, and they found that the tow truck driver had demised on the scene.
“He was declared deceased by paramedics a short while later. No other vehicle was involved in the collision, and the cause of the accident was not immediately established."
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