Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an accident on Vivienne Drive in Daveyton.
Upon their arrival on scene they found a man, believed to be in his thirties, in a critical condition after he was pinned between two heavy goods vehicles.
The Netcare1 helicopter was activated to airlift the critically injured man to hospital for the urgent medical care that he required.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.