Kwa Zulu-Natal transport, community safety, and liaison MEC, Bheki Ntuli has expressed shock and sadness following the death of eight people in an accident on the N11 near Newcastle on Saturday evening.
He says preliminary reports revealed that a Porsche with no number plates was allegedly speeding when it collided head-on with a Toyota Fortuner at around 10 pm.
Ntuli said the Porsche caught alight and its four occupants burnt beyond recognition.
Four other people, two adults and two children, travelling in the Fortuner also died at the scene.
Traffic officials are trying to find out who the owner of the Porsche was.
A Zimbabwean identity document was found in the Toyota.
The police investigation continues.
- African News Agency
