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15 March 2024
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Two trucks collide head on on the R34/R66 between Vryheid and Melmoth
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Two truck drivers from the same company lost their lives in a harrowing head-on collision on the R34/R66 highway between Vryheid and Melmoth in the vicinity of Black Rock, KwaZulu-Natal, in a devastating accident on Monday morning, 11 March 2024. The accident was recorded on video and it shows the moment of impact, which led to the trucks bursting into flames. KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service spokesperson, Chantelle Botha, said when emergency services arrived on scene they found that two trucks had been involved in a head-on collision.
“Paramedics quickly assessed the scene and found that one patient had sustained fatal injuries and had succumbed to their injuries before emergency services could arrive. Paramedics quickly assessed the scene and found that one patient had sustained fatal injuries and had succumbed to their injuries before emergency services could arrive.”
Botha said it is unknown what the trucks had been carrying.
On Friday, one person lost their life in a horror truck crash on the N3 near Ashburton. According to ALS Paramedics two trucks and a H100 bakkie had been involved in a rear end collision. “Paramedics did a quick triage and found that the driver of the light delivery vehicle was severely entrapped in the wreckage. ALS Paramedics staff assessed the man and found a male, believed to be in his fifties, had sustained major injuries and there was nothing paramedics could do and he was declared deceased on the scene. There were no other injuries.”
The freeway had been closed for hours to allow for recovery.
Sources: The Citizen, SA Trucker, IOL
“Paramedics quickly assessed the scene and found that one patient had sustained fatal injuries and had succumbed to their injuries before emergency services could arrive. Paramedics quickly assessed the scene and found that one patient had sustained fatal injuries and had succumbed to their injuries before emergency services could arrive.”
Botha said it is unknown what the trucks had been carrying.
On Friday, one person lost their life in a horror truck crash on the N3 near Ashburton. According to ALS Paramedics two trucks and a H100 bakkie had been involved in a rear end collision. “Paramedics did a quick triage and found that the driver of the light delivery vehicle was severely entrapped in the wreckage. ALS Paramedics staff assessed the man and found a male, believed to be in his fifties, had sustained major injuries and there was nothing paramedics could do and he was declared deceased on the scene. There were no other injuries.”
The freeway had been closed for hours to allow for recovery.
Sources: The Citizen, SA Trucker, IOL
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