{"id":47133,"date":"2026-06-06T05:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/five-killed-in-a-head-on-collision-on-the-r542-between-van-dyks-drift-and-blinkpan-near-middelburg\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T05:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:45:35","slug":"five-killed-in-a-head-on-collision-on-the-r542-between-van-dyks-drift-and-blinkpan-near-middelburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/five-killed-in-a-head-on-collision-on-the-r542-between-van-dyks-drift-and-blinkpan-near-middelburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Five killed in a head-on collision on the R542 between Van Dyk\u2019s Drift and Blinkpan, near Middelburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Mr Jackie Macie, is once again urging motorists to exercise caution and remain vigilant at all times.<\/p>\n<p>The MEC was reacting to a head-on collision between two light delivery vehicles (LDVs) on the R542 between Van Dyk&rsquo;s Drift and Blinkpan, near Middelburg, which claimed the lives of six people on Friday morning, 5 June 2026. The deceased, who died at the scene, include both drivers and four passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Four other people sustained serious injuries and were transported to nearby hospitals in Middelburg and Emalahlenifor treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash is still unclear at this stage. An investigation is already underway.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All road users must play their part to curb such loss of lives. Every road user must obey the rules of the road and remain alert at all times,&rdquo; the MEC said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Macie has extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Ends.<\/p>\n<p>*Issued&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77576&#038;page=five-killed-in-a-head-on-collision-on-the-r542-between-van-dyk-s-drift-and-blinkpan-near-middelburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Mr Jackie Macie, is once again urging motorists to exercise caution and remain vigilant at all times. The MEC was reacting to a head-on collision between two light delivery vehicles (LDVs) on the R542 between Van Dyk&rsquo;s Drift and Blinkpan, near Middelburg, which claimed the lives of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/HKDjwXdWsAAiftu.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-47133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-mpumalanga"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/HKDjwXdWsAAiftu.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}