People 'missing' after fiery KZN truck smash
29 June 2017 - 08:08
By Jeff Wicks‚ Durban Newsroom
Image: @TrafficSA via Twitter N3 South: Road closed at Estcourt after three trucks collided then caught fire.
The road closure will result in the rerouting of traffic bound for the coast.
Three trucks are understood to have collided and then caught on fire shortly after 5am.
Video footage of the burning vehicles was posted on Twitter by @TrafficSA.
The N3 Toll Concession tweeted that traffic bound for Durban had been rerouted via the Loskop interchange.
KZN - N3 South: #TruckFire ROAD CLOSED at Estcourt - HEAVY TRAFFIC Q - exit at Frere and take the R103 pic.twitter.com/467QvlPA1V
— Rob Beezy (@TrafficSA) June 29, 2017
Provincial EMS spokesperson Robert McKenzie said that paramedics had treated three people for serious injuries sustained in the crash.
He added that other people were missing and the trucks were still on fire.
- TimesLIVE