Multiple Truck Accident Claims One Life
A man was killed and four others seriously injured when their car and three trucks collided on the R59 just outside of Sasolburg this morning.
According paramedics on the scene, the vehicle was so badly mangled that the driver was killed instantly and four others had to be rescued. They are all in a serious condition. The three trucks, believed to be from the Department of Labour, was also travelling on the same road in the direction of Parys when the crash occurred. The impact was so severe, that it caused chaos on the small road resulting in all the vehicles to collide with each other.
Paramedics and rescue workers had to close off the R59 in the direction Parys during the rescue. It is not known where the occupants of the car were headed to before the accident.
Two of the seriously injured occupants were transported to the Vereeniging MediClinic and the remaining two were transported to the Vaal Park Hospital for further medical treatment.
No one in the trucks were injured.
The exact cause for the accident is not known, but it is believed that heavy roadworks are present at the location of the accident. The local authorities will be investigating this accident.
According paramedics on the scene, the vehicle was so badly mangled that the driver was killed instantly and four others had to be rescued. They are all in a serious condition. The three trucks, believed to be from the Department of Labour, was also travelling on the same road in the direction of Parys when the crash occurred. The impact was so severe, that it caused chaos on the small road resulting in all the vehicles to collide with each other.
Paramedics and rescue workers had to close off the R59 in the direction Parys during the rescue. It is not known where the occupants of the car were headed to before the accident.
Two of the seriously injured occupants were transported to the Vereeniging MediClinic and the remaining two were transported to the Vaal Park Hospital for further medical treatment.
No one in the trucks were injured.
The exact cause for the accident is not known, but it is believed that heavy roadworks are present at the location of the accident. The local authorities will be investigating this accident.
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