2 Killed As Dump Truck Overturns On Busy N3 Highway

At approximately 12h57 today, Friday 28 March 2008, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a report of a very serious collision on the N3 direction towards Edenvale between the Buccleuch Interchange and the Marlboro drive off ramp.
 
Paramedics arrived to find that a large dump truck had collided with a silver car before overturning and coming to rest on its roof.

One victim was still trapped underneath the overturned truck and was declared dead at the scene by the paramedics. Another victim was in a critical condition and despite the efforts of the medical team died of severe injuries at the scene bring the number of fatalities to 2. Three other victims were stabilised by paramedics on the scene and have been transported by ambulances to the Netcare Sunninghill hospital. All of these 5 victims were from the dump truck. The lady driver of the car was shaken up but had no sign of any injuries and refused further medical treatment. Her car was pushed off the road by the truck and came to rest in the storm water drain on the side of the highway and she is very fortunate to escape without serious injuries.
 
Two hours have past since the collision and the highway remains partially closed with only the right hand lane open to traffic resulting in a severe backlog in the traffic.
 
This incident was attended to by paramedics from the provincial and private ambulances services, fire department and the Metro Police.

[ Information provided by Netcare 911 to the Road Safety & Arrive Alive Blog]

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