One dead after car and truck collide in Durban CBD
The driver of a light motor vehicle, believed to be in his 30s, was critically injured in the collision and was declared deceased at the scene by paramedics.
ONE person has died while two others were injured in an early morning collision involving a truck and a car in the Durban CBD.
The accident occurred at the corner of Joe Slovo Street (Field Street) and Monty Naicker Road (Pine Street) just before 02:00 on Saturday morning (May 11).
According to the spokesperson for ALS Paramedics, Garrith Jamieson, the Jaws of Life had to be used to extricate the driver of the car or light motor vehicle.
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“Paramedics arrived on scene to find carnage as a light motor vehicle and a heavy motor vehicle had collided in the junction before the heavy motor vehicle overturned, coming to rest on its side. Paramedics quickly triaged the scene and found that the light motor vehicle driver, a male believed to be in his 30s, had sustained major injuries and was still entrapped in his vehicle.
“There was nothing Paramedics could do for him, and he was declared deceased on the scene. The Durban Fire Department had to use the Jaws of Life and other hydraulic equipment to free him. Two occupants from the truck had sustained moderate injuries, and they were stabilised on the scene by ALS Paramedics before being transported to a nearby hospital for the further care that they required,” he said.
Jamieson added that, at this stage, the events leading up to the collision are unknown, however, SAPS were on the scene and will be investigating further.
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