Netcare 911 paramedics responded to an accident scene on the N3 outside Warden this morning.
Netcare 911 and the provincial paramedics arrived at the scene and found that one of the vehicles actually split into two pieces and the one part was found lying on the side of the road.
After triaging they found that seven people had died due to the extensive injuries they sustained, a twenty-nine-year old female sustained critical injuries and four others, including two children, sustained serious injuries.
The critically injured woman was treated and stabilized on scene before being transported to the Frankfort Provincial Hospital and the other four patients were transported to the Hoogland Medic-Clinic after being treated and stabilized on scene.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment.