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Three killed in head-on collision near Gqeberha

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A head-on collision between two vehicles killed three people on the N2 near Colchester, outside Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, on Sunday. Police have opened a culpable homicide investigation to establish the cause of the crash, according to the provincial Transport Department as cited by SABC.

Three people died on Sunday in a head-on collision between two vehicles on the N2, near Colchester and Gqeberha, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, according to Eastern Cape Transport Department spokesperson Unathi Binqose. The three occupants of the vehicles were declared dead at the scene.

One of the vehicles, driven by a man, was travelling towards Makhanda, while the other was carrying two people, Unathi Binqose said. Police have opened a culpable homicide investigation and are seeking to establish the cause of the crash.

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