In a bid to save lives over the festive season, the Eastern Cape health department has resorted to placing emergency response vehicles on strategic arterial routes across the province for quick responses to accidents.
At least 18 people have died in four separate fatal crashes on the Eastern Cape roads within five days.Ten of those eight in Elliotdale and two in Pearson died in two separate accidents on Monday.
A horrific head-on collision involving a minibus taxi and a City to City bus has claimed the lives of at least 11 people on the R61 in Flagstaff on Sunday.
A horrific accident between a taxi and a truck between Ngqamakhwe and Tsomo on Sunday, which claimed two lives including that of a toddler, is the latest in the deadly provincial roads toll which has seen over 40 deaths since December 1.