The National N3 Toll Concession says high traffic volumes have not been accompanied by major collisions on the N3 or N2 in KwaZulu-Natal.
A single-vehicle crash was reported between Tugela Plaza and Durban. Spokesperson Con Roux says they are hoping that traffic volumes will decrease.
“Considering the traffic volumes, we are happy that we only had one incident. Traffic volumes were very high throughout the day; they have started now to take the rock. As people make down Mooi Plaza and Mariannhill toll plaza towards Durban. We are expecting later this afternoon by those evening traffic volumes will have returned to normal.”
Collisions
ER 24 says 29 people were injured when a taxi rolled near Richmond in KwaZulu-Natal. Two people were airlifted to the hospital while the rest were transported by ambulance. It’s not clear what caused the taxi to roll.
Meanwhile, a car crash has claimed the lives of two children at Pinetown west of Durban on Saturday night. It is believed that the crash took place on the corner of Caversham and Winston Churchill Road.
Nine people also died on North West roads in the past three days. In the first crash that occurred on Thursday, five people lost their lives, while the sixth succumbed to injuries following the crash on the N4 road just outside Rustenburg.
Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after three people lost their lives in the North West. Two vehicles collided head-on, on the R53 road between Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp on Saturday.
One vehicle carried 12 passengers and the other one was carrying only the driver who survived with minor injuries. The driver of the other vehicle and two female passengers died on the scene.
Bus driver Thabo Palaso says they faced a number of challenges on the road including stray animals.
“You know the taxis they have their routes. We use those routes and we’re coming from North West working with mine people; so we have difficulties in transporting miners back home.”
