A truck Driver is dead and seven construction works have been injured after three trucks were involved in a collision this morning on the N3 Durban bound just past Peter Brown off ramp.
ER24 along with EMRS and Netcare 911 arrived on the scene to find three trucks involved in the collision. The driver of the second truck who was still entrapped and had suffered traumatic injuries was declared deceased by emergency personnel on the scene.
Six construction workers who were from the third truck were treated on the scene. Four were treated for serious injuries, including the driver and another two were treated for minor to moderate injuries. They were stabilised on the scene and transported to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.
It is believed that the first truck which was an articulated truck had crashed earlier in the evening and was in the emergency lane with part of it trailer still jotting out. The second truck which was carrying fish may have had mechanical problems which caused the truck driver to lose control and jack knife into the first truck. The construction vehicle crashed into the into the second truck at the time. The freeway has been closed and traffic has built all the way up Town Hill.
ER24 along with EMRS and Netcare 911 arrived on the scene to find three trucks involved in the collision. The driver of the second truck who was still entrapped and had suffered traumatic injuries was declared deceased by emergency personnel on the scene.
Six construction workers who were from the third truck were treated on the scene. Four were treated for serious injuries, including the driver and another two were treated for minor to moderate injuries. They were stabilised on the scene and transported to a nearby hospital for further medical treatment.
It is believed that the first truck which was an articulated truck had crashed earlier in the evening and was in the emergency lane with part of it trailer still jotting out. The second truck which was carrying fish may have had mechanical problems which caused the truck driver to lose control and jack knife into the first truck. The construction vehicle crashed into the into the second truck at the time. The freeway has been closed and traffic has built all the way up Town Hill.
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