ONE person has died and another is fighting for their life following a horrific three-truck collision on the N2 just south of Mtubatuba yesterday (Monday) evening.

The crash forced the closure of both directions of the N2 between KwaMsane and the Mfolozi River bridge.

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A third truck driver escaped injury, while emergency responders deployed the ‘jaws of life’ to free one person who was entrapped in the wreckage.

According to reports from the scene, the affected stretch of the N2 was closed to traffic in both directions to allow for a nine-hour clean-up operation.

The road was subsequently reopened at about 3am today.

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