The truck driver involved in yesterday’s collision in the Moot, Pretoria, is still missing.

Tshwane Emergency Services spokesperson Lindsay Zwelithini Mnguni stated that emergency services worked for more than 12 hours at the scene where a truck driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle on the N1 southbound, and crashed into a house.

The incident occurred at around 04:00.

“The City of Tshwane Emergency Services Call Centre (ECC) immediately dispatched a fire truck and a rapid intervention unit from Innesdale Fire Station to the scene.

“Upon arrival, firefighters began rescue operations and called for backup as a cargo truck, carrying beverages (Miranda drinks), had lost control, veered, overturned, and hit a house in Kamferbos Street, which had two occupants inside.”

He said the two people who were inside the house, a man and a woman, sustained minor injuries.

“The man and woman were treated and transported to different hospitals by private ambulances, one patient to Montana Hospital and the other to 1 Military Hospital.”

He added that the driver was not immediately found, and the ECC dispatched additional resources from the central and Hatfield fire stations to assist with search-and-rescue operations.

“After an extensive and intricate search effort, which lasted for more than 12 hours due to firefighters having to carefully remove the truck’s merchandise of mainly cold drink bottles and the truck itself, and having to break the walls of the house, even utilising the expertise of the K9 search unit, the Tshwane Emergency Services Department firefighters, as of 15:00, have not been able to identify the driver yet.”

Mnguni said the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

“The City of Tshwane Emergency Services Department will continue to search for the truck driver and issue further notices where necessary.”