Woman flung from car in fatal truck crash
A woman died when the car she was travelling in crashed into a truck on the M7 on Tuesday.
A WOMAN died when she was flung from the car she was driving when it hit a truck on the M7 eastbound just before the Belville Road bridge on Tuesday morning (31 March).
Netcare 911 spokesman, Chris Botha, said it is believed the woman was travelling towards Pinetown when her car veered into the Durban-bound lane and landed in front of a petrol tanker.
Botha said paramedics arrived at the scene and found that after the car collided with the truck, both vehicles went through a barrier and up an embankment, with the wreckages coming to rest about a metre from a 30-metre drop into a private property.
“The driver of the vehicle was ejected from the wreckage and was found in the bush several metres away. She died on impact due to the extensive injuries that she sustained,” Botha said.
