Update: No acid was spilled at accident.
Read more: No acid spilled at Kranspoort accident.
Original story below.
An accident has taken place at Kranspoort between at least two trucks and a bakkie, with one of the trucks containing acid.
Acid as been spilled over roughly 100m of road, leaving a 40 car pile up.
Firemen, police and medical workers are at the scene and have closed off the road.
There have been no reported deaths, but the Middelburg Observer spoke to a Life 24 ambulance operator, who said that there are two individuals in critical condition.
The incident took place this afternoon at around 15:00.
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