The Limpopo Transport Department has advised motorists to drive carefully after seven people were killed and one seriously injured in a multiple-vehicle pile-up on the N1 near Modimolle in Limpopo.
Authorities say the crash occurred on Friday night after a trailer detached from a bakkie and crashed into several vehicles.
The department’s spokesperson Mike Maringa says MEC Mavhungu Lerule-Ramakhanya has described the crash as shocking.
“Limpopo Transport and Community Safety MEC Mavhungu-Lerule Ramakhanya has sent messages of condolences to the families of the people who were killed in a multiple-vehicle crash on the N1 last night.”
He adds: “The MEC is pleading with motorists to check the condition of their vehicles and also to drive within the prescribed speed limits.”
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