Nine people were killed in a collision between a truck, a minibus and a light motor vehicle on the N11, approximately 20km outside of Middelburg in Mpumalanga on Friday afternoon.
ER24 spokesperson, Russel Meiring says the vehicles had burst into flames upon impact, and Middelburg Fire Services and local farmers were able to extinguish the blaze after some time.
He says after the fire had been extinguished, medics found that nine people, believed to have been from the minibus, had succumbed to their injuries.
Meiring says the driver of the minibus sustained moderate injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital.
Two other people escaped unharmed.
The details surrounding the accident are not yet known, and local authorities are investigating.
