One critical and two injured after pileup
Four trucks and a light motor vehicle were involved in a crash.
ONE truck driver and two others have been seriously injured in a five car pile-up that happened on the N3 recently.
The crash was reported around 2.10pm on July 12, by a traffic officer who came to Vosloorus fire station to report.
Four trucks and a light motor vehicle were involved in the crash. The critically injured truck driver was trapped behind the steering wheel and the rescue team had to use the Jaws of Life to recover him from the wreckage.
Per information on the scene, the crash was caused by the heavy dense smoke from the grass fire burning alongside the freeway and subsequently, the pile-up occurred.
Both lanes had to be closed for the duration of the crash and traffic was diverted to the R103 road as an alternative.
The scene was handed over to Ekurhuleni traffic officials for investigation.
*Issued by William Ntladi, district manager media liaison: Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS).
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