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Truck driver sustains serious burns in fiery crash in KZN

21 June 2021 - 09:16 By TimesLIVE
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One of the truck drivers involved in a serious crash near the Cato Ridge offramp on the N3 sustained serious burn injuries. File image
One of the truck drivers involved in a serious crash near the Cato Ridge offramp on the N3 sustained serious burn injuries. File image
Image: 123rf.com/Jaromír Chalabala

A trucker was seriously injured in a crash on the N3 just past the Cato Ridge off-ramp on Sunday evening.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said “two heavy motor vehicles were involved in a collision, resulting in one of the vehicles catching alight”.

The trucker sustained serious burns.

The driver of the second vehicle was uninjured.

TimesLIVE

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