Two crashes, eight injured on Thabazimbi roads
One of the two vehicles involved in Saturday’s head-on collision at the intersection of Hamerkop and Krombek streets in Thabazimbi.
Platinum Bushvelder newspaper | Thabazimbi – Eight people were injured in two separate crashes in and around Thabazimbi on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October 2026, with one vehicle catching fire and local farmers stepping in to help prevent the flames from spreading.
Thaba Fire & Rescue received a call at approximately 19:30 on Friday about a crash at the Makoppa junction on the Dwaalboom road, roughly 20 km outside Thabazimbi. The exact cause remains unknown, although it is suspected that the driver lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle caught fire after the impact, and swift action by members of the Makoppa and Matlabas farming communities helped prevent the fire from spreading to the surrounding veld. Of the four occupants, two sustained minor injuries, one sustained moderate injuries, and one was seriously injured.
The following afternoon, shortly after 17:30, two vehicles collided head-on at the four-way intersection of Hamerkop and Krombek streets in Thabazimbi. All four occupants sustained minor injuries.
Thaba Fire & Rescue, Thabazimbi EMS, the Thabazimbi Traffic Department, Thabazimbi SAPS and P&K Towing and Recovery responded to both incidents, with local farmers also assisting at Friday’s scene.
