Five killed in horror smash
2003-01-01 10:55
Behtlehem, Eastern Free State - Five people were killed - three of them burnt to death - and one man was seriously injured in a head-on collision on the road between Kestell and Phuthadijhaba on Wednesday morning, Free State police said.
Eastern Free State police spokesperson Captain Motarase Ntete said witnesses saw a white Mercedes-Benz collide head-on with a green Opel Astra at about 9.45am.
Three people in the Opel, including the driver, were burnt to death. A woman who was thrown clear of the Opel also died.
The driver of the Mercedes was killed. Paramedics were trying to extricate the other occupant of the Mercedes, a seriously injured man, on Wednesday morning.
The names of the dead were not yet known. A case of culpable homicide would be investigated, Ntete said.
- SAPA