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Despite the poor weather putting a dampener on festivities, more than 500 people were arrested for drunken driving on the Eastern Cape roads from December 1 to January 1. Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha said drunken driving remained a major contributing factor to a lot of crashes in the province, some of them deadly.
As the summer holidays get under way, drunk driving remains a major challenge as traffic volumes pick up on major Eastern Cape routes, the provincial transport department said on Monday.Department spokesperson Unathi Binqose said the spike in inbound traffic volumes had started early on Friday and the trend continued on Monday.
The use of intoxicating substances is not ruled out as a VW Polo and BMW sedan claimed four lives on the N17 in Gauteng.
A reward of up to R50 000-00 is offered to any person who can assist with information which will lead to the arrest of the suspects.
The report suggests that all four occupants (adult males) of the VW Polo Vivo died when their vehicle collided with a truck.