Eastern Cape road carnage already claims 22 lives

The festive season carnage on the roads continues with more than 22 people killed in separate accidents in the Eastern Cape.

- Faizel Patel

In the latest accident, 13 people were killed in a head-on collision, while others sustained serious injuries.

The accident happened on the N2 road just outside Dutywa, near Nywarha Location, about 8pm on Saturday night.

Eastern Cape department of transport spokesperson Unathi Binqose said the accident involved a minibus taxi and Ford Ranger bakkie.

"A Toyota Quantum with 10 passengers collided with a Ford Ranger with four passengers. In the Ford Ranger, three occupants, all males, died on the scene, while one female passenger sustained serious injuries.

"With the minibus taxi, it's a total of nine people that died on the scene, four males and five females," Binqose said.