TRAGIC WEEKEND AS 4 DIE IN CAR ACCIDENTS

NKOYOYO – Same cause, same result. That is how two fatal road accidents that happened minutes apart at Motshane and Nkoyoyo yesterday can be described.
These accidents were both caused by the drivers’ loss of control and resulted in one person dying in each.

Motorists watched in shock as five people were vigorously thrown out of a moving Corsa utility van on the MR3 Road 200 metres from the off-ramp to the Nkoyoyo Palace.
 According to eyewitnesses, the car was coming from the Ngwenya direction headed towards Mbabane and was travelling at a high speed. There were two other passengers in the front seat of the car.
Witnesses say the driver failed to negotiate the corner towards the palace off ramp and that was when the vehicle  overturned and landed on the side of the highway.

Pictures that went viral moments after the accident depict unconscious people lying in the storm water drainage system. Some of the people were severely injured and blood was flowing down the drain.
By the time this reporter arrived at  the scene, the survivors had already been transported to the Mbabane Government Hospital through an ambulance.
Police officers and firefighters were found recording statements and cleaning the road respectively, while concerned people watched in disbelief. There were two trucks from the National Fire and Emergency Services and about three police vehicles.

An unidentified man who seemed to be related to the injured people was found speaking to the police and was later seen picking up items that flew out of the now wrecked vehicle. He was also seen collecting damaged car parts and loading them in the back of the grey Corsa which had South African registration numbers.
The man, who seemed to be distraught said the car was not his, but had only stopped to assist those involved in the accident.
It could not be established whether he was related to the injured people but was later seen communicating with the police about where the car would be parked for examination.
Just before the firefighters could leave, a car ferrying several women arrived and one of them failed to control her emotions but broke down in tears. She was comforted by one of the women she arrived with before being put in a vehicle driven by the unidentified man.

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