RTMC reports 15 fatalities in weekend crashes, warns against reckless driving
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The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has raised alarm over a devastating weekend on South African roads, during which fifteen people lost their lives in three separate crashes since Thursday.
Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) spokesperson Simon Zwane says that the corporation is deeply concerned about the high number of road fatalities this weekend.
Reckless and negligent driving is suspected in all three incidents, as each involved a head-on collision.
The most recent crash occurred on Sunday night, on the N18 approximately 40km from Mahikeng to Setlagole in the Ngaka Modire Molema District, North West Province. Two vehicles collided head-on, killing four people at the scene.
The body of one of the victims was discovered when fire emergency vehicles were booked into the South African Police Service pound for safekeeping.
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On Friday, five people lost their lives in the same province when four vehicles were involved in a multiple car crash on the N4 between Swartruggens and Groot Marico. 'It is alleged that one vehicle collided with another. Two other vehicles also crashed into each other at the scene,' said Zwane.
On Thursday, five more people, including a toddler, died when a light delivery vehicle that was being chased by the police crashed head-on into another light delivery vehicle travelling in the opposite direction on the N18 in Hartswater, Northern Cape.
'The RTMC reiterates its call to motorists to exercise caution on the roads and show respect to each other and to law enforcement officers,' Zwane said.
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