THEREE people have died in two crashes in uMhlanga and Durban North just hours apart.

In the early hours of Saturday morning (June 28), a man was declared deceased after a crash on Kenneth Kaunda Road (Northway).

The driver, the only occupant of the vehicle, was declared deceased by paramedics.

“On arrival, our responders were met by other private security personnel and first responders already on scene,” explained KZN VIP Paramedics spokesperson Gareth Naidoo.

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“The driver was severely entrapped in the wreckage and displayed no signs of life. The Fire Department arrived shortly thereafter and stood by pending the arrival of Metro Police to commence further recovery efforts. The individual was declared deceased on the scene.”

In a separate incident, in uMhlanga, two people were killed in an accident on the corner of Twilight Drive and Centenary Boulevard.

IPSS Medical Rescue responded to the incident which saw two people, one from each vehicle, allegedly ejected in the crash.

Paramedics also treated two other patients, one of whom was in a critical condition.

The circumstances leading to both crashes are unknown at this stage.

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