Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an accident on the Qwa-Qwa Road about twenty-five kilometres outside Harrismith in the Free State last night.
Upon their arrival on scene they found that two motor vehicles had collided head-on and a third vehicle had collided with one of the two vehicles.
Two men were entrapped in the one vehicle and tragically lost their lives during the accident. Rescue workers had to use the Jaws of Life to extricate the men’s bodies from the crumbled remains of their vehicle. A man and woman both sustained moderate injuries and after receiving treatment on scene, they were transported to a nearby hospital for further medical care.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.