Truck Smashes Into Peak-Hour Traffic
Paramedics and Fire Fighters attended to yet another serious truck collision, this time on a Pretoria highway.
At approximately 18h20 a truck carrying bricks lost control after its brakes allegedly failed. The inter-link truck ploughed through peak hour traffic on the N1 just before the Atterbury Road, taking two cars with it on its disaster path.
The truck's trailer disconnected from the horse and spun around in the opposite direction. The driver of the truck was not injured and questioned by the police on the scene.
A family travelling in a white Huyndai barely escaped with their lives when the truck crashed into the from behind. The driver and his mom along with his four year old boy fortunately sustained only minor injuries. The little boy and his grandmother was transported to the Unitas Hospital for further medical examinations.
Another driver from a dark colored vehicle, which was also smashed from behind, sustained no injuries, but was assessed by paramedics on the scene. This vehicle was approximately 100 metres away from the Hyundai.
The highway was chaotic and completely blocked off. Fire Fighters from the Tshwane Fire Department made an alternative route next to the highway for blocked commuters. They had to cut of pieces of a large tree in order for vehicles to move freely underneath it.
It was only about an hour later that it was possible to move the truck partially out of the highway in order to open the slow lane. Traffic was backed up passed the N14 Brakfontein Interchange.
It is a miracle that no one was killed or seriously injured. It is believed that the truck was on its way from Boksburg.
Within 12 hours, ER24 attended to four serious truck accidents. The first collision on the N1 at the Gordon off ramp, the second at the N3 Van Buuren Interchange, the third at High and Great North Roads in Benoni and the above mentioned incident on the N1 Atterbury.
It is believed that almost 13 children and 12 adults were injured in today's truck accidents.
At approximately 18h20 a truck carrying bricks lost control after its brakes allegedly failed. The inter-link truck ploughed through peak hour traffic on the N1 just before the Atterbury Road, taking two cars with it on its disaster path.
The truck's trailer disconnected from the horse and spun around in the opposite direction. The driver of the truck was not injured and questioned by the police on the scene.
A family travelling in a white Huyndai barely escaped with their lives when the truck crashed into the from behind. The driver and his mom along with his four year old boy fortunately sustained only minor injuries. The little boy and his grandmother was transported to the Unitas Hospital for further medical examinations.
Another driver from a dark colored vehicle, which was also smashed from behind, sustained no injuries, but was assessed by paramedics on the scene. This vehicle was approximately 100 metres away from the Hyundai.
The highway was chaotic and completely blocked off. Fire Fighters from the Tshwane Fire Department made an alternative route next to the highway for blocked commuters. They had to cut of pieces of a large tree in order for vehicles to move freely underneath it.
It was only about an hour later that it was possible to move the truck partially out of the highway in order to open the slow lane. Traffic was backed up passed the N14 Brakfontein Interchange.
It is a miracle that no one was killed or seriously injured. It is believed that the truck was on its way from Boksburg.
Within 12 hours, ER24 attended to four serious truck accidents. The first collision on the N1 at the Gordon off ramp, the second at the N3 Van Buuren Interchange, the third at High and Great North Roads in Benoni and the above mentioned incident on the N1 Atterbury.
It is believed that almost 13 children and 12 adults were injured in today's truck accidents.
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