Eight people have died in an accident involving a truck and a minibus taxi on the N3 in Van Reenens Pass.
The Road Traffic Inspectorate is managing the traffic flow, and emergency teams are at the scene, KwaZulu-Natal MEC for transport and human settlements Siboniso Duma said on Thursday morning.
The accident took place on the Free State side but the KwaZulu-Natal RTI team was the first on the scene. They will hand over to their provincial counterparts as soon as it is feasible.