One killed, another injured in Roodepoort truck crash
A passenger has been killed and another injured after a delivery truck collided with another truck on the N1 south near Gordon road in Roodepoort.
Netcare 911 spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said reports from the scene indicate that the delivery truck rear ended the other truck.
"When paramedics arrived on scene, we found that the passenger from the delivery truck had already died due to the extensive injuries he sustained" she said.
The Roodepoort Fire Department assisted paramedics to extricate the deceased passenger from the wreckage.
Mathe said the driver of the truck sustained minor injuries.
"The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital for medical care" she said.
The occupants of the other truck did not sustain any injuries.
Edited by Sune du Toit
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