Eleven people were killed in a head-on collision on the N14 near Kuruman on Sunday afternoon.
ELEVEN people were killed in a horror crash on the N14 on Sunday afternoon.
According to an ER 24 spokesperson, Russel Meiring, two light motor vehicles collided approximately 21km outside of Kuruman in the Northern Cape.
“ER24 paramedics and the provincial EMS arrived on the scene to find the two wrecked vehicles in the middle of the road. Debris from the vehicles was spread across the scene,” said Meiring.
“On closer inspection, medics found one man lying outside the one vehicle. Ten other people were found lying trapped in the two cars, five in each.”
Meiring said medics assessed the crash victims and found that all 11 had already succumbed to their injuries.
“Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead.”
Meiring added that the exact details surrounding the incident are unknown, but local authorities were on the scene for further investigations.