Accidents

One dead in Johannesburg truck crash

Gauteng: At 15H58 Wednesday afternoon Netcare 911 responded to reports of a collision on Booysens Reserve Road Johannesburg South region.

Reports from the scene indicate that a tipper truck and bakkie were involved in a collision.

Joburg Truck AccidentWhen medics assessed the patients they found that the driver of the bakkie, an adult male had sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on the scene.

The driver of the truck had escaped injury.

Source – Shawn Herbst
Media Liaison Officer
Netcare Limited
Netcare 911
Suite 102, 1st Floor
Umhlanga Medical Centre
321 Umhlanga Rocks Drive
Umhlanga Ridge
4320
South Africa
GPS Co-ordinates: S25°59’40.14’ E28°7”14.859’

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