BREAKING NEWS: Avoid the N3! truck on fire, one dead (VIDEO)
Firefighters, paramedics and other authorities are currently on scene. Update to follow.
MOTORISTS are urged to avoid the N3, Durban bound after the Mariannhill Toll Plaza, as paramedics and the Fire Department are working to stabalise the scene after a truck caught on fire.
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According to Rescue Care spokesperson, Garrith Jamieson, firefighters are battling the blaze and one person who was trapped in the truck is dead and one is being treated for their injures.
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The road has been closed off and traffic has been brought to a standstill.
LISTEN: Jamieson said despite the firefighters bringing the fire under control the road would be closed off for some time.
Updates to follow.
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