Update | Driver, passenger burned to death as two trucks collide and catch fire in Boland

A truck driver and his passenger burned to death when their side tipper truck collided head-on with another truck and caught fire entrapping them inside on the R60 at Boland between Robertson and Worcester on Thursday afternoon.

Traffic officials told SABC that a driver and his passenger in one of the trucks died in the head-on collision.

Earlier on, SA Trucker shared a video of the burning trucks which showed that both trucks were completely engulfed by flames.

The driver of the other truck reportedly managed to escape the inferno.