PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after two people died in a head-on collision on the N2 just outside Plettenberg Bay on Thursday night.
Plettenberg Bay police spokesman Captain Marlene Pieterse said that a preliminary investigation indicated that the accident occurred near the Blue Hill Bird Farm outside the coastal holiday town at about 22:20.
“Information at this stage suggests that an Intercape bus was travelling to Cape Town while a white Fiat Punto, with a GP registration number was travelling in the opposite direction.
"The driver of the Fiat was alone in the vehicle and veered into oncoming traffic. The vehicle collided with the bus and the driver died instantly,” Pieterse said.
She added that the identity of the driver was still unknown as police could not find any form of identification in the car. “There was not ID document or licence.”
Pieterse said the 36-year-old bus driver was seriously injured and transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
“The 41 passengers, the co-driver and trainee driver on the bus were treated for minor injuries on the scene.
"The passengers were then further transported to their destination by another bus.”
Read more in Thursday's Knysna-Plett Herald and online.
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