Two people were seriously injured when an articulated truck and a light motor vehicle collided on the N3 Johannesburg bound carriageway on the Cedara off-ramp this afternoon.
It is thought that an articulated truck had been travelling on the Johannesburg bound carriageway when the driver lost control of the truck. In an effort to avoid road works the man steered the out-of-control truck onto the off-ramp and pushed through an intersection and slammed into a VW Citi Golf.
The truck then left the road and came to rest at the foot of a steep embankment. The truck driver and driver of the Golf sustained serious injuries and were treated and stabilised at the scene by Netcare911 Paramedics before they were transported by ambulance to hospitals in Pietermaritzburg for further definitive medical care.
Jeffrey Wicks
Netcare 911