On killed In Hammersdale truck collision

Asanda Xongo
09 November 2015

An Articulated truck crashed this morning on the N3 highway near Hammersdale towards Pietermaritzburg. 

 At approximately 4 am paramedics arrived on the scene where they found the truck standing half way down the embarkment, upon further inspection paramedics found that the driver of the truck, believed to be his thirties, sustained fatal injuries. There was nothing that they could do for him and he was declared dead on the scene.

“At this stage it is not clear if the driver of the truck was flung from the cab during the collision or if he jumped out of the cab shortly before the crash.” ER 24 Spokesperson Werner Vermaak added.


 The exact cause of the crash is not yet known, local authorities attended the scene.

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