A SENIOR Northern Province education official involved in the matric exams died in a three-car smash on Tuesday morning. Deputy education specialist Michael Sebake’s car and two others collided at about 7am on the road between Pietersburg and Lebowakgomo. Central police spokesman Inspector Matjokotja Masenya said Sebake and social worker Matjatji Tlhapane, driving the second car, were killed. A man identified only as Ishmael Dolamo, in the third car, was taken to Pietersburg hospital in a serious condition.