Overview
- Police say a blue Renault Kwid with five occupants was swept off an overflowing bridge on the Makotopong River between Madiga and Makotopong on Sunday morning, March 8.
- One occupant escaped the vehicle and alerted authorities, triggering a coordinated response by provincial search-and-rescue teams.
- The first body, identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, was recovered on Sunday after initial operations at the scene.
- On Monday, the SAPS Water Wing, EMS Search and Rescue, Fire and Rescue, and an EMS helicopter located the submerged car and recovered three more bodies.
- Police identified the additional deceased as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shellote Dikgale, 30, with the incident reported following weeks of heavy rains and flood damage in Limpopo.