{"id":430322,"date":"2026-09-17T05:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/430322\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T05:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:05:20","slug":"3-killed-in-multi-vehicle-n4-crash-near-ngodwana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/430322\/","title":{"rendered":"3 killed in multi-vehicle N4 crash near Ngodwana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"470\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post lazy-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"A damaged LDV on scene. &gt; Photos: Supplied\/Emer-G-Med\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/800115222_1417025317193209_7435074407517142884_n-780x470.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t A damaged LDV on scene. &gt; Photos: Supplied\/Emer-G-Med<\/p>\n<p>Two Irish* tourists travelling in a Toyota Fortuner died today, September 16, in a multi-vehicle collision involving two LDVs and an articulated truck. The tourists and the the driver of one of the LDVs were declared dead at the scene of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>Truck allegedly skips intersection<\/p>\n<p>According to Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison spokesperson Zandile Mavuso, a truck travelling on the D799 Kaapsehoop Road allegedly skipped the intersection and collided with three vehicles on the N4 Toll Road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-16-at-14.51.18-600x800.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-907786\"\/>A damaged bakkie. <\/p>\n<p>Martin Jeffrey of Emer-G-Med reported from the scene that two patients sustained moderate to severe injuries and were transported to Kiaat Private Hospital for further medical treatment. <\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/lowvelder\/news-headlines\/local-news\/2026\/09\/14\/police-officer-dies-in-head-on-crash-on-n4-near-sudwala-turn-off\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police officer dies in head-on crash on N4 near Sudwala turn off<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-16-at-14.51.16-600x800.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-907787\"\/>An articulated truck on its side. <\/p>\n<p>Road partially closed <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe exact circumstances surrounding the collision, as well as what caused the accident, remain unclear at this stage and will be subject to further investigation,\u201d Mavuso said.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services are currently on the scene and the road is partially closed, with motorists urged to approach with caution as traffic is moving slowly.<\/p>\n<p>*This article was amended after publishing. Lowvelder previously reported that two of the deceased were British, but the DCSSL later confirmed that they were Irish.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt Caxton, every story is written by humans. We use AI only to perform quality checks &#8211; never to generate the news. Happy reading!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>                Support local journalism<\/p>\n<p>Add The Citizen as a preferred source to see more from Lowvelder in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tGia is a senior journalist at Lowvelder and joined the editorial team in 2025. She started her career as a business journalist in 2022 and decided to pursue her dream of becoming a news reporter instead. She believes in giving people a voice and is known for her community and hard news stories.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A damaged LDV on scene. &gt; Photos: Supplied\/Emer-G-Med Two Irish* tourists travelling in a Toyota Fortuner died today,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[52],"tags":[302,27054,3263,20820,20821,96,3753,54540,131],"class_list":["post-430322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa","tag-breaking-news","tag-crime-and-safety","tag-local-news","tag-nelspruit","tag-nelspruit-news-headlines","tag-news","tag-news-headlines","tag-news-in-mbombela","tag-south-africa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117284643487832762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}