PEOPLE in the Overport area got the shock of their lives this afternoon when a car on the top floor in the parking lot of the Atrium Shopping Centre suddenly ploughed through a wall and overturned, coming to rest four storeys below on its roof.

The driver and single occupant of the vehicle, believed to be a male in his seventies, lost control of his car which plunged into a wall of the parkade, leading to the horrific car crash.

According to ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson, the incident occurred at 12:20 this afternoon, and the driver was assessed inside the vehicle as he was severely entrapped in the wreckage.

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“Paramedics assessed the patient and found that, unfortunately, he had sustained fatal injuries, and there was nothing paramedics could do for him,” said Jamieson.

The Durban Fire Department, together with the Metro Police Search and Rescue unit, are on the scene and are using the Jaws of Life and other hydraulic equipment to cut the man free from the wreckage.

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Overport Drive was closed and remains closed while emergency personnel continue to investigate this collision.

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