A 47-year-old man was killed after he was crushed by his truck on Phaphama Avenue in Newton B, in Inanda, KZN yesterday.

Prem Balram, spokesperson for Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa), says at about 20:30, their members were still at the scene where the driver’s body was trapped under the rear wheels of a Mercedes Benz cement mixer.

“According to witnesses, the deceased was standing behind the truck that was parked on a steep driveway. He was in the process of offloading ready-mix concrete when the truck started to roll. He allegedly tried to stop the truck but fell and was crushed by the rear tyres.

“The vehicle came to a stop on top of him after it struck a house,” says Balram.

He says emergency workers were busy on the scene until late on Friday trying to recover the driver’s body.