Matongo was returning home on Saturday night after a door-to-door election campaign with President Cyril Ramaphosa when the BMW X5 in which he was travelling collided with another vehicle.
He said accident scene investigators had spent Sunday searching the site for clues to the cause of the crash.
“The damage to both vehicles is extensive. The investigation will also look into the speeds at which both cars were travelling when the crash occurred, which appear to have been way above the speed limit,” said the police source. Johannesburg metro police department spokesperson Wayne Minnaar confirmed the 23-year-old driver of the other car and the unidentified pedestrian had died in the crash.“At this stage it’s impossible to say. The mayor’s driver and bodyguard, who are recovering from their injuries in Milpark Hospital, need to be interviewed.”
Matongo had been mayor for just over a month after being elected unopposed at the city’s council meeting in August. He succeeded Geoff Makhubo, who died of complications related to Covid-19.
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