3 die in N2 head-on crash

Update

GEORGE NEWS - Shortly before the start of the 2023 Christmas holidays, a head-on collision near the turn-off to Timberlake Village on the N2 claimed the lives of three elderly women from Sedgefield.

The collision happened at about 13:45 on 19 November on the N2 between Kleinkrantz and Sedgefield.

According to Southern Cape police spokesperson Sgt Chris Spies, the deceased, Helen Spengler (76), Jean Meville (77) and Emily Bothma (80), were travelling in a Ford Eco Sport, on their way from Sedgefield to visit Timberlake Village when they collided head-on with a Mercedes Benz A-Class coming from the opposite direction.

The driver of the Mercedes and another passenger in the Ford sustained severe injuries and were transported to hospital by ER24 and Frontier Medix in a critical condition. At the time of going to print their condition could not be confirmed.

The wreck of the Mercedes.

Two of the women in the Ford were declared dead on the scene, while the other succumbed to her injuries later that night in hospital.

George Police opened a culpable homicide docket following the accident.

The cause of the accident is yet to be established.

Melville's family reached out to George Herald asking that any eyewitnesses please contact her brother, Colin, on 083 709 0770, as the family is desperately trying to understand what exactly happened.

Emergency services on the scene of the accident.