Road maintenance workers on the Townhill section of the N3 in Pietermaritzburg fear for their safety following a spate of deadly accidents and Wednesday’s truck crash, which claimed the life of one of their colleagues.

Four people were killed in the collision when a truck carrying a load of tomatoes ploughed into another truck and a bakkie at around 15:00, at the bottom of the notorious decline.

Nearby road and verge maintenance workers rushed to the scene when they heard the crash — finding the mangled wreckage, the scene soaked with blood-red smashed tomatoes and bodies of three victims, including a worker from another maintenance team.

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