A truck driver was burnt beyond recognition after an accident before Van Buuren Road in Bedfordview during the early hours of Sunday morning.

According to the spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni Emergency Services, Mr William Ntladi, when emergency services arrived on the scene, the driver of the truck was trapped inside the cabin of the vehicle.

It is believed the truck had crashed into one of the pillars of the bridge on the N3 before catching fire.

Four lanes of the freeway were closed off to traffic to facilitate the recovery of the man’s body from the burnt wreckage.

The cause of the crash is under a police investigation.