4 dead and 3 injured in collision in Mpumalanga between truck and car



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The accident, which involved a truck and a light motor vehicle, took place on the N4 before the Sudwala exit ramp on Friday.

The accident, which involved a truck and a light motor vehicle, took place on the N4 before the Sudwala exit ramp on Friday.

Four people were killed in a collision on the N4 road in Mpumalanga.

The accident, which involved a truck and a light motor vehicle, took place before the Sudwala exit ramp on Friday.

Three other people suffered minor injuries, ER24 spokeswoman Ineke van Huyssteen said.

“When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before 18:30, they found a vehicle wedged slightly under the front of the truck and found four patients trapped inside the vehicle. Three people had suffered fatal injuries, while one was I was in critical condition, “he said.

The severely injured patient’s vital signs declined rapidly and she was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Three other people, the truck driver and his two passengers, suffered minor injuries but refused to be taken to hospital.

Paramedics were unaware of the exact circumstances surrounding the incident, but local authorities were on the scene to conduct further investigations.

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