Johannesburg - Nine people died and nearly 40 were injured in different accidents in KwaZulu-Natal, provincial emergency medical services said on Sunday.
Four people were killed when a bakkie carrying about 20 people overturned on a gravel road near Louwsburg, in the Zululand district, and another car drove into them, spokesperson Robert Mckenzie said in a statement.
All the accidents happened overnight.
"Three of the patients were critically injured. A further 22 patients had sustained mostly serious injuries."
They were taken to Vryheid hospital.
Another bakkie overturned in the Hlazakazi area near Nqutu, killing three people. Three sustained life-threatening injuries and four minor injuries.
In Durban, one person was killed when a car crashed from one level of the EB Cloete interchange to another.
Five people were seriously injured when a car crashed into a house on the R102 near the Umgababa railway station.
In Chesterville, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a car. In Inanada, a pedestrian was critically injured.