A horrific, high-impact, multi-vehicle collision on the M1 south in the early hours of Sunday morning has left four people dead, paramedics said. Two people were declared dead on the scene, while two others died later in the morning in hospital, having sustained critical injuries. A paramedic travelling towards the scene of that accident came across another collision near the Woodmead off-ramp. Following the affected traffic due to the earlier accident, some vehicles had made a U-turn on the highway and were travelling contra-flow. "Reports indicate that a delivery vehicle stopped in the backlog, and a one-ton truck came hurtling down the roadway and rear-ended the delivery vehicle," said Botha.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 14, 2017 15:56 UTC