Truck rolls, crushes bystander
The injured man, said to be 34-years old, was standing behind the truck
A man was critically injured this morning by a rolling vehicle on the R618, outside of Mtubatuba.
Reports from the scene of the incident indicate that a bystander was crushed by the wheels of a small truck when the driver of the vehicle accidentally disengaged his handbrake at around 10am.
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The injured man, said to be 34-years old, was standing behind the truck.
His legs were crushed by the tyres.
‘He was treated on the scene by our advanced life support paramedics, before being hospitalized in a serious condition,’ said Shawn Herbst of Netcare 911.
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