Truck accident on the M7, Bluff bound at the N2 interchange.

Just after 04:45pm on Wednesday afternoon ALS Paramedics responded to a multiple Truck and Vehicles crash on the M7 Towards the Bluff near the N2 intersection.

On arrival Paramedics found chaos and carnage as they found that a truck carrying what is believed to be copper plates had somehow lost control and collided with approximately four vehicles before overturning onto a light motor vehicle. Paramedics assessed the scene and found the truck driver entrapped in the wreckage as well as the vehicle which the truck landed on entrapped in the wreckage. Immediately the Ethekweni Fire Department were dispatched to assist. Two other occupants had sustained minor injuries and were treated on the scene.

The Ethekweni Fire Department used the Jaws of Life to cut the Truck driver free, once freed he was transported to a nearby Hospital with minor injuries. Rescue personnel then had to use a heavy duty tow truck to lift the trailer and load of copper off the vehicle. Once access had been gained Paramedics found a female believed to be in her Fifties who had sustained fatal injuries. There was unfortunately nothing Paramedics could do for her and she was declared deceased on the scene. The scene was then handed over to SAPS.

The M7 Durban Bound was closed for hours whilst emergency personnel worked on the scene.

At this stage the events leading up to the crash is unknown however SAPS will be investigating further.

Truck accident on the M7, Bluff-bound at the N2 interchange.https://t.co/WlyCiA3NRn#ArriveAlive #TruckCrash @AlsParamedics pic.twitter.com/wOKZ2zqGYY

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A Heavy Duty Tow Truck is being used to lift Copper Plates off the crushed vehicle. M7/N2 Horror Crash. @AlsParamedics https://t.co/wV5apElf0z pic.twitter.com/72E6P2ZMxH

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