Five people perish in head-on Collision

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Accidents like this are common during this time of the year

Five people amongst them a 16-year-old boy have died in a head-on collision near Mahalapye over the weekend.

Mahalapye Traffic Division Assistant Superintendent, Kgosienalerona Sechoni, confirmed the incident saying two vehicles collided 10 kilometres outside Mahalapye killing four on the spot and leaving one critically injured.

“The accident occurred around 5:30 am, the morning of Saturday when two cars, the one from Palapye and other from Mahalapye collided and out of a total of six people, only one survived,” he said.

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