By Karabo Zwane
UMphathiswa wezoThutho eMpuma Koloni, uXolile Nqatha, uvakalise usizi olunzulu emva kwengozi emasikizi ethathe ubomi babantu abasixhenxe, kuquka nomntwana, kuhola wendlela u-N2 kufutshane neBhisho/Bulembu Airport ngaphandle kweQonce ngentseni yanamhlenje.
Kutyholwa ukuba iToyota Hilux ebithwele abantu abathandathu ingqubene ngecala neMercedes-Benz sedan phambi kokuba ingqubane nenye ibhakkie, iNissan Navara.
Abantu abahlanu ababephakathi kwiHilux kunye nababini ababephakathi kwiNissan Navara babhubhele kwindawo yengozi. Abantu abathathu ababephakathi kwiMercedes-Benz basindile. Ababini kubo bonzakele baza bathunyelwa eGrey Hospital ukuze bafumane unyango.
Amapolisa avule ityala lokubulala ngokungakhathali (culpable homicide), kwaye uphando ngezizathu zengozi luyaqhubeka.
UMEC Nqatha udlulise amazwi ovelwano kwiintsapho ezilahlekelweyo.
“Sibuhlungu kakhulu ngale ntlekele ibangele ukulahleka kobomi ezindleleni zethu. Sithumela ovelwano lwethu olunzulu kwiintsapho nezalamane zabaswelekileyo, kwaye sinqwenelela abo bonzakeleyo ukuphola ngokukhawuleza. Le ngozi ibuhlungu isikhumbuza kwakhona bonke abasebenzisi bendlela ukuba basebenzise ulumkiso oluphezulu, umonde, kunye nokuziphatha ngokuziphatha ngalo lonke ixesha,” utshilo uNqatha.
