By BAKANG MOKOTO
30 September 2024- The North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels urged motorists to be patient on the road. This comes after the loss of four lives in an N18 head-on collision accident at 11am on Friday.
The accident happened about three kilometres northwards of the Kalgold mine.
Morweng said all the deceased were from one vehicle that was traveling towards Mahikeng. He said five occupants from the other vehicle travelling towards Setlagole, survived with serious injuries and were taken to the public hospital in Mahikeng.
“We send our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and wish speedy recovery to the injured. Our heart goes out to the families of the deceased and we wish those who are hospitalised speedy recovery.
“We are appealing to motorists to be circumspect when driving. Research indicates that the country is losing over 12 000 lives annually to road accidents. We have to ask ourselves searching questions on how we behave behind the steering wheel,” said Morweng.
He further said as much as accidents are sudden, on occasions, investigation revealed that some were avoidable and many are human errors. Morweng added that impatience, recklessness, speeding and many other moving violations, including fiddling with mobile phones whilst driving, are all factors that lead to accidents and innocent lives are lost needlessly.
“We are appealing to those who will be traveling as schools are reopening this week, to drive to the conditions of the road rather than to the speed limit.
“We expect all provincial arterial routes including N4, N12, N14 and N18 to have more than normal traffic as many are coming back from the school break,” he said.
Morweng said a culpable homicide case is being investigated.
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