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Police seen directing traffic at the N1 road between Modimolle and Mookgopong after a crash.
Four family members who died in a crash on the N1 road between Modimolle and Mookgopong in Limpopo on Wednesday last week, will be buried at Xikundu village outside Malamulele on Saturday.
The fifth victim of the head-on collision was buried on Monday. The driver suspected of causing the accident was unharmed and has been arrested.
Collins Maswanganyi, his wife Patience, their two children and a neighbour were travelling from Gauteng to Xikundu for the Easter weekend when they were killed in the crash.
Their neighbour, Extra Tlukane, was buried on Monday.
One the Maswanyanyi’s children survived the accident and is recovering at the Bela-Bela hospital.
The Department of Transport alleges that a driver travelling from Polokwane made an isllegal U-turn, causing the vehicle the family was travelling in, to collide head-on with another.
The family says they are still trying to come to terms with the devastating loss.
“We were deeply hurt after hearing about this accident on the radio. We didn’t know that the people involved were from our family. We are really heartbroken and struggling to come to terms with their death. Collins was the pillar of the family. Over Easter, we were supposed to attend a wedding with him and his family, but everything fell apart because he passed away while on his way home,” says family member of the victims Khombo Maswanganyi.
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The community of Xikundu is also mourning the five victims.
“We are still in shock, when we saw the accident scene on tv. We didn’t know that the people involved were from this village. Losing five people at once is deeply painful. We expected more from that family especially the children. What happened has left a wound that will take a long time to heal,” says community member Molly Hletlukane.
The four members of the Maswanganyi family will be buried in Xikundu outside Malamulele on Saturday.
