A photo from the horrific accident on the R21 has been provided by Chris Botha.

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A man and wife travelling in a truck this morning on the N3 near Nottingham road offramp have been seriously injured after being side swiped by another truck. It is unclear as to how the accident actually happened, but it is thought that the heavy mist in the area may have played a part. ER24 [...]

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We would like to share a question sent to the Arrive Alive website – as well as the response received from the Justice Project, South Africa Question: Hi i am a professional truck driver for more than fourteen years, accident free. I am driving an articulated truck(interlink). I was on my way from Durban to [...]

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A couple had a narrow escape this afternoon after the vehicle they were travelling in was dragged by a truck for about 50m down the N3 South bound near Liberty Mall this afternoon. Traffic was stopped due to the accident, making it very difficult for emergency personnel to attend to the scene. Once on scene [...]

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A truck driver is in a critical condition, while two police officers have sustained serious injuries after an accident on the N3 north bound near Lions River involving two trucks and a police vehicle late this morning. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene along with other emergency services and found that a car carrier which [...]

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A truck driver had a narrow escape after crashing his vehicle into the back of an articulated truck on the N3 Durban bound just past the Shongweni on ramp in the early parts of this morning. ER24 paramedics who were amongst the first responders to the scene and were confronted with a truck carrying gas [...]

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Two construction workers were injured after the truck they were travelling in over turned on a dirt road near Hammersdale Main road this afternoon. ER24 along with VEMA arrived on the scene to find the truck lying on its side, blocking the dirt road and the two construction workers were found a few meters away [...]

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Four people including a truck driver have luckily escaped with only minor injuries after an articulated truck lost control and crashed through a intersection on the M19 near the N2 off ramp, into a bakkie and then into two stationary cars that were parked in a property of an engineering company before crashing through the [...]

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A man believed to be in his early thirties died horrifically on Sunday evening on the R59 between Sasolburg and Vereeniging when his vehicle collided with a truck. Shortly before 17:00 paramedics arrived on the scene and found a cargo truck wedged against the remains of a vehicle. Paramedics explained that the vehicle was severely [...]

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Traffic almost came to a standstill after an articulated truck lost control and rolled down an embankment, leaving the trailer lying in the left hand lane of the N3 towards Pietermaritzburg at the bottom of Peacevale this afternoon. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find the cabin part of the truck down the embankment, [...]

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