[POLOKWANE] Two killed in a collision on N1

Two people sustained fatal injuries following a collision between a truck and a light motor vehicle on the N1 North outside of Polokwane this afternoon.

When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 15h30, they found a vehicle down an embankment off the roadway. Upon further assessment, paramedics found both the driver and the passenger still inside the vehicle showing no signs of life. Both had sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene.

The truck driver didn’t sustain any injuries.

The exact circumstances surrounding the incident is not known to our paramedics, but local authorities were on scene for further investigations.