7 people killed in four separate crashes in KZN

Seven people have been killed in four separate crashes on the N2 between Shaka’s Rock and Mandeni on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast in the past 24 hours.

IPSS Medical rescue spokesperson Samantha Meyrick, says in one of the crashes, a car veered off the road after hitting a pedestrian. The vehicle then hit a wall and burst into flames.

The driver’s body was found in the car after a team from the KwaDukuza Fire Department doused the blaze. Meyrick says in three of the four crashes, a vehicle hit and killed pedestrians.

She says two vehicles were involved in the fourth crash, in which three people were killed and four others injured. Two of the injured are in a critical condition and have been admitted to the hospital.