Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an accident on the N14 in Muldersdrift this morning.
Upon their arrival on scene they found that a motor vehicle had rear-ended a light delivery vehicle resulting in a man tragically losing his life and another man and woman found to be in a critical condition.
The Netcare1 helicopter was activated to airlift the critically injured woman to hospital while the man was also airlifted to hospital for the urgent medical care that they required.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.