Four perish in road collision

FRANCISTOWN: Police are investigating a case in which four people perished in a road accident on Thursday early morning about a kilometre west of Mathangwane village. The deputy divisional traffic officer north, Senior Superintendent Pelontle Kesupile told a media briefing last week that investigations into this fatal accident were continuing.

He said the accident involved a Toyota Allex and Nissan UD truck that collided along the A3 road (Francistown/Nata) at around 6am. Kesupile said that the Toyota Allex had four people, two females and two males whilst the truck had only one person. “The Toyota Allex was proceeding west whilst the truck was heading east. All of the four people who were inside the Toyota Allex were rushed to Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (NRH) where they were confirmed dead on arrival, “ said Kesupile.

He said that two of the deceased, the driver, a man aged 42-years-OLD and a 39-year-old woman were teachers at McConnell Senior Secondary School at Tutume village. “Other two deceased passengers were a 21 year old female student at Marobela Brigade and a 48- year-old male,” he said. Asked if the deceased were related, Kesupile said they were yet to establish that during their investigations.

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