Head-on collision on R555 claims two lives
The driver of the Ford Fiesta and a baby, also from the same car, died on the scene.
The driver of the BMW, Nhlanhla Madi sat motionless and watched as emergency personnel tended to the third victim, a woman who was a passenger in the Ford Fiesta.
An eyewitness who drove behind the BMW said the driver of the Ford Fiesta allegedly tried to overtake a bakkie and lost control.
'The Ford Fiesta nipped the back of a trailer, and when he tried to swerve back, he lost control and smashed the BMW head-on.'
The eyewitness did not want his name mentioned.
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