Free State – A truck driver has sadly lost his life after he lost control of his truck and collided into the back of another truck on N3 at Montrose last night.
Paramedics from ERMER-G-MED attended the scene just after midnight on Wednesday morning.
According to paramedics, the truck driver was trapped in his truck and nothing could be done to save his life.
Truck driver dies in rear end crash at Montrose on N3 | SA Trucker https://t.co/vUsbUeUMWV pic.twitter.com/AqFO3zsC3L
— SA Trucker (@rsa_trucker) October 21, 2020
On the same route and a few hours after another rear-end crash occurred just metres before Villiers Engen 1 Stop northbound.
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Meanwhile, on the same night, four people died when two trucks collided head-on between Beaufort West and Three Sisters on N1.
SA Trucker shared a video of the accident scene showing the trucks reportedly as the drivers were trapped inside.