By Sue Maclennan
Emergency services were still busy with mopping-up operations at 1.20pm Tuesday 7 December after a head-on collision on the N2 outside Makhanda that killed one person and left another critically injured. Two trucks were involved in the incident under the George Street (R67) offramp. In an earlier incident, one person was taken to hospital after a vehicle overturned on the N2 to Gqeberha, 35km from Makhanda.
Spokesperson for the Department of Transport in the Eastern Cape, Unathi Binqose, said in the R67 offramp incident, one of the trucks had been carrying a full load of pineapples which were scattered across the road.
“The road was blocked and motorists travelling on the N2 from Gqeberha to East London were advised to use the R72 as an alternative route,” Binqose said.
At 1.20pm, Makana Traffic officers and other emergency personnel were still engaged in mopping-up operations.
The earlier incident occurred shortly after 6am Tuesday 7 December, around 35km from Makhanda on the N2 from Gqeberha.
Makana Traffic Chief Coenraad Hanekom said a heavy duty South African Breweries truck travelling on the N2 towards Makhanda had left the road and tip partially overturned.
Paramedics had treated a man on the scene and he was taken to hospital in Gqeberha.
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