According to a police press release, their enquiries disclosed that the motor car was proceeding west along the northern driving lane of the southern carriageway at a fast rate of speed and while negotiating a right bend the driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with the median and ended up on the northern carriageway into the path of the motor lorry which was proceeding east on the southern driving lane on the northern carriageway.
As a result of the collision, the driver of the motor car and the three occupants died.
Their bodies were all escorted to the Lyken Funeral Parlour for Post Mortem Examination. The driver of the Motor Lorry and the other occupants all received injuries about their bodies and were taken to the Woodlands Hospital and Mercy Hospital respectively in a conscious condition where they were all seen and examined by a doctor on duty awaiting treatment. The police investigations into the matter are ongoing.