WATCH: Trapped cyclist rescued but body search continues after truck loses its load in Durban

Police search and rescue technicians were painstakingly moving tons of wood‚ searching for bodies that may be trapped underneath a truck that lost its load in Bayhead‚ Durban‚ on Monday.

Paramedics managed to save a cyclist who was pinned beneath the fallen cargo‚ which spilled onto the roadway.

Rescuers and paramedics were told by the injured man that several people may have been crushed beneath the payload. One section of the load of timber had been cleared during the search.

• Cyclist trapped by falling wood as truck loses its load in DurbanParamedics are scrambling to save a cyclist trapped beneath hundreds of kilograms of timber in Durban's Bayhead precinct on Monday morning. 

Several sections remain‚ and officers are required to work carefully as the pile of wood is unstable.

The truck was winched back onto its wheels as the search continued.

This is a developing story.

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