Paramedics said the trucks caught alight and trapped the drivers inside who subsequently burnt to death.
JOHANNESBURG – Two people died on Saturday and several others were injured after a fuel tanker and another truck collided and burst into flames on the N2 near the Mtunzini Toll Plaza in KwaZulu-Natal.
“Reports from the scene indicate that two trucks, one being a tanker transporting a flammable liquid, collided, resulting in both trucks overturning, blocking the N2 completely. The trucks had caught alight and were completely destroyed,” said Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst in a statement.Fatal truck crash N2 Mtunzini. pic.twitter.com/eAGoCJI2Zf— Netcare 911 May 9, 2020
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