Two Die In Double Truck Accident

A large truck had broken down on the side of the road heading towards Villiers near the Vaal Marina on Villiers Road. The driver had called the mechanic to help, who arrived in a white bakkie. The two were then trying to find out why the truck had broken down when they noticed another truck coming straight for them. According to eye witnesses, the two just ran as fast as they could into the field next to the road. 

The second truck slammed into the stationery truck as well as the white mechanic’s bakkie, with such force that both male occupants were ejected out of the front windscreen. Both of them come to rest in the road, and had sustained multiple fatal injuries. There was nothing paramedics could do for the two men, and they were pronounced deceased on the scene.

It seems that the driver of the second truck had lost control of the vehicle which then veered toward the side of the road where the first truck had broken down. The road surface was also severely damaged by the incident, and traffic had to be diverted onto the middle island of the road. The road will be closed for some time heading into Villiers due to clean up operations.