Fiery N2 crash kills 3 in Mtunzini Updated
Nothando Mkhize and Natarah Nadesan
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KZN medics have shared details of a horrific crash, that claimed the lives of three people, near Mtunzini off-ramp, on the north coast.
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IPSS Medical Rescue says reports from the scene are that a car caught alight, after a rear-end collision involving two vehicles.
Spokesperson Paul Herbst says all three victims were travelling together on the N2, late last night.
He says, Three persons were entrapped in one of the two vehicles. All three succumbed to their injuries. The Jaws of Life were used to free their trapped bodies from the wreckage. The driver of the second vehicle had absconded.
Serious truck collision on N3 closes Van Reenen’s Pass 17 March 2021 - 12:46 A tanker caught alight following a collision with another truck on Van Reenen s Pass on Wednesday. Image: SA Trucker
Van Reenen’s Pass on the N3 has been closed to traffic after a fuel tanker collided with another truck on Wednesday.
According to SA Trucker, the tanker caught alight on impact.
N3 closed at Van Reenen s pass following a collision involving a fuel tanker and another truck. Both vehicles caught fire on impact.https://t.co/3zEQF5Ch9j SA Trucker (@rsa trucker) March 17, 2021
The N3 Toll Concession posted on its Twitter account that all lanes on the N3 toll route in the vicinity of the notorious pass had been closed to traffic and there was a traffic build-up because of the accident.