11 TEXTILE WORKERS, OTHERS SURVIVE 3 ROAD ACCIDENTS

MANZINI - Over 60 people, including 11 textile workers survived after the vehicles they were aboard were involved in accidents yesterday. 

Three accidents were recorded yesterday in different locations.

The first one took place at Matsapha Industrial Site, at around 6:30am and it involved a Toyota Quantum which was loaded with textile workers, who were going to work, and another car, a Toyota Noah.

According to an eye witness, both vehicles were coming from Mathangeni direction, going towards His Majesty’s Correctional Services and the Toyota Quantum was following the Toyota Noah. 

He claimed that the driver of the Toyota Quantum tried to overtake the Toyota Noah, only to find that it was also branching from the road to the right. 

He also claimed that the driver of the Toyota Noah allegedly indicated late that he was branching to the right.

Crashed 

As a result, the source said the Toyota Quantum tried to avoid knocking the Toyota Noah, but it hit it on the back before it veered off the road and crashed onto a tree. 

“Two of the textile workers, including the one who was sitting on the front seat, sustained some injuries and they were treated and discharged at a local hospital,” the source said.

Thereafter, about an hour later, another car, which was driven by a man, who was travelling with a female passenger, was involved in accident at Mfabanutfu, along the MR3 Highway Road. 

A source claimed that the driver of the car allegedly lost control of the vehicle and it plunged into a ditch. 

The source said the driver escaped unharmed, while the female passenger sustained minor injuries and she was treated and discharged.

Later on, at around noon, a bus, which was coming from Nhlangano driving towards Manzini, was involved in an accident at the intersection at Mhlaleni in Matsapha. 

The bus, which was carrying 46 passengers crashed onto a truck which was going towards Mbabane direction.

During the accident, the passengers and the occupants of the truck escaped unharmed, but the driver of the bus had to be rushed to hospital as he sustained some injuries. However, this publication gathered that he was discharged after being treated. 

The police who were found at the scene did not want to reveal anything relating to who could have been wrong between the driver of the truck and the one for the bus. Instead, they said they had launched an investigation.

Deputy Police Information and Communications Officer Inspector Nosipho Mnguni confirmed all the three road traffic accidents. She said police were investigating them

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