A KwaZulu-Natal family is lucky to have escaped tragedy after a Freightline truck towing a tautliner trailer crashed into their house in the south coast.
The truck driver allegedly lost control while trying to avoid steel roadside barricades on the N2 in Izingolweni on Monday night.
Homeowner Litha Ntobela, 68, said barricades had been removed from the area and placed in the road by community members during a service delivery protest a few minutes before the accident.
“The truck was travelling on the road, not aware of what had happened. Since it was load-shedding the driver didn’t see that there were objects on the road until it was too late to stop and tried to avoid it, but he lost control.”
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She said she was asleep when she heard a loud “boom” but she knew immediately that it was a vehicle crashing into her house.
Discovering it was a truck pulling two trailers that had crashed into the side where her son’s bedroom was, Ntobela feared the worst.
