Three people were killed and four others injured in a horror crash on the N3 Durban-bound just before the Shongweni off-ramp this morning.

The Witness reports that Garrith Jamieson, director of ALS Paramedics, says the crash took place just after 21:00 on the N3 Durban-bound route.

“Paramedics arrived on the scene to find chaos and carnage as they found a bakkie engulfed in flames. Immediately, the eThekweni Fire Department were dispatched.

“Paramedics assessed the scene and found that it is believed a truck and a bakkie had collided before the bakkie collided with the barriers where workers were working and burst into flames. The truck lost control and veered through the centre median and across the northbound carriageway down an embankment.”

Jamieson says the truck driver sustained moderate injuries. Four construction workers sustained various injuries and were stabilised on the scene by ALS Paramedics before being transported to a nearby hospital.

“Unfortunately, three occupants of the bakkie sustained fatal injuries, and there was nothing paramedics could do for them; they were declared deceased on the scene.”

The N3 Durban-bound has been closed and will be for some time.

Events leading up to the crash will be investigated by SAPS and the Road Traffic Inspectorate.

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