South Africa Road Crash Claims 8 Lives

SOUTH AFRICA – A South Africa road crash on Sunday claimed 8 lives and left 16 injured after a collision involving a truck and a vehicle carrying church members on N2 highway.

KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to the collision on the N2 highway near Empangeni, a town in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, where paramedics found eight people dead at the scene, the local road safety website reported.

Four people were critically injured and 12 seriously hurt. All victims were treated at the scene before being taken to nearby hospitals for further care.

The cause of the crash is under investigation by local authorities.