Free State MEC for Health, Menyatso Mahlatsi, has visited five survivors of the crash that occurred on the N6 between Smithfield and Reddersburg at Pelonomi hospital in Bloemfontein .
The collision claimed 10 lives, seven women, two men and a two-year old . 22 of the injured have been admitted to Smithfield and five in Pelonomi hospitals.
I am here with my colleague Ntate Mbalula and the officials of the department to visit and encourage patients that have been admitted here at Pelonomi. Unfortunately, there is quite a huge number that we have lost today, and we really regret, says MEC Mahlatsi.
Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide.
The Road Traffic Management Corporation RTMC sent a team of crash investigators to the scene to investigate the cause of the crash.