LIMPOPO. – A woman has died and 13 other passengers have been injured after a minibus taxi overturned on the N1 near Lunds outside Polokwane on Sunday morning. Preliminary information suggests that a tyre on a vehicle may have burst, after which the driver lost control and the Quantum overturned.
Mashudu Mabata, spokesperson for the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety, said the accident occurred at approximately 11:15 on the southbound lane. One female passenger died at the scene. Another female passenger was critically injured, while six passengers sustained serious injuries and six others sustained minor injuries. All the injured were transported to hospitals. The road was cleared and reopened to traffic at approximately 13:30.
The department expressed its condolences to the deceased's family and thanked motorists for their patience during the traffic delays.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
