Johannesburg – A woman died and four others were injured after her car collided head-on with an Audi on the N3 highway in Hammersdale, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday morning, paramedics said.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the 26-year-old woman lost control of her Corsa bakkie, before going up an embankment, crashing through a barrier and colliding with the other car.

She died at the scene.

A mother and her child, as well as the driver and another passenger in the Audi were injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital.

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