Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an accident on the N1 approximately eighteen kilometres from Ventersburg this morning just before 09h00.
Upon their arrival on scene they found that two motor vehicles had collided head-on resulting in five people, of which three were children, tragically lost their lives while four other people sustained injuries ranging from moderate to critical.
All the injured people were treated on scene before they were transported to hospital for further medical care.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.