Tyre explosion kills one and injures another at a trucking company in Bethlehem

One man was killed and another seriously injured when the tyre they were filling up exploded at a trucking company in Bethlehem on Wednesday.

Paramedics reported that one man had an injury on the head and unfortunately the other man was already dead.

According to the information we received, both of the victims were pumping the truck tyre, one was pumping and the other one was listening to the pressure of the tyre with his head on the tyre surface and that is when the tyre exploded killing the man.

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The one who was listening to the pressure was killed instantly while the other man was injured on the head.

SA Trucker would like to convey our deepest condolences to the man’s famiy.