N2 closed after truck driver and assistant shot on Durban highway

Rescure Care paramedics attend to a truck driver and his conductor who were both critically wounded during a shooting on the busy Higginson highway on Tuesday.

Image: Rescue Care Rescure Care paramedics attend to a truck driver and his conductor who were both critically wounded during a shooting on the busy Higginson highway on Tuesday.

The N2 in Durban between the M1 and M7 off-ramps northbound at Higginson highway has been temporarily closed after a truck driver and his conductor were shot on Tuesday.

According to Garrith Jamieson of Rescue Care Paramedics, the two were critically injured.

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"The Lenmed 1 Aeromedical helicopter is mobile to assist. The N2 North will be closed," Jamieson said.

Police have yet to respond to queries.

This is a developing story.

N2 closed after truck driver and assistant shot on Durban highway

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