Man dies after truck hits him

Truck driver apparently drives to fast in Secunda.

August 15, 2014

Jana Oosthuizen Less than a minute

Emergency workers loads the man’s body onto a trolley.

SECUNDA – A man died on Wednesday,13 August at approximately 3pm when he was hit by a truck in Louwrens Muller Street.

According to an eye witness the truck was speeding and the man died instantly.

The man’s identity could not be confirmed yet.

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August 15, 2014

Jana Oosthuizen Less than a minute

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Jana Oosthuizen

I have been working for the Ridge Times newspaper for 15 years. I worked in a few other fields before starting to work for the newspaper in October 2009. I have a diploma in Journalism and the areas where I cover news include Secunda, Bethal, Trichardt, Evander, Leandra and Kinross.