One dead as truck goes up in flames outside Durban

Image: RESCUE CARE One person died and another was injured as a truck caught fire on the N3 outside Durban on October 5 2018.

A truck transporting bales of hay caught alight on the N3‚ Durban-bound‚ on Friday.

Paramedics on the scene said the one person‚ who was trapped under the hay bales‚ died in the blaze.

One person has died after a truck carrying bales of hay caught alight on the N3 highway on Friday shortly before midday.
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— Matthew Savides (@matthewsavides) October 5, 2018

IPSS medical rescue spokesman Paul Herbst said fire fighters were trying to put the fire out.

KZN Emergency Medical Services spokesman Robert McKenzie confirmed the death and that another suffered injuries.

The road has been closed.

One dead as truck goes up in flames outside Durban

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