Horrible pile up crash left route closed for several hours

■ THABAZIMBI

The Thabazimbi Local Municipality Communications Unit could confirm that the road closure at the Crocodile River Bridge on the R510 was due to a horrible accident that occurred that day Authorities wereforced toclosetheroad in order to clean up the accident scene. They later on social media posted photographs showing how severe the accident was and announced the closure of the route They wrote: “The Thabazimbi Local Municipality through the

Traffic department, would like tonotifyallmotoriststravelling on the R510 from Thabazimbi to Northam that is temporarily closed due to a terrible accident involving two trucks and two cars ” Motorists were then urged to use alternative routes in order to reach their destinations as the R510 road was closed forseveral hours to allow police to complete their investigations No further information about the accident was made public it is not sure whether there were any fatalities