Authorities in Mpumalanga are investigating a fatal collision between a bus and a minibus taxi that left nine people dead on the R39 on Thursday morning.

Ten people died in a crash involving a minibus taxi and a bus on the R39 between Standerton and Morgenzon in Mpumalanga on Thursday morning.

The Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security, and Liaison confirmed the deaths.

“Ten people were killed in a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a bus on the R39 between Standerton and Morgenzon,” departmental spokesperson Moeti Mmusi said.

The cause of the crash is not yet known.