Passenger killed after truck crashes into several PMB homes
A truck passenger has died after a truck he was travelling in crashed into several houses in Pietermaritzburg.
Emergency services found the heavy-duty vehicle had ploughed through two properties and parked cars before coming to a rest at a third house on Howick Road.
Midlands EMS's Roland Robertson says crews had to use specialised rescue equipment to get to both the truck driver and passenger.
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"Two occupants were found to be entrapped in a vehicle one of which sustained fatal injuries and was declared deceased on scene and the other was in a critical condition requiring urgent advance life support treatment.
"Once the patient was free he was transported to a nearby specialist hospital for further care."
The circumstances leading to the crash are unknown at this stage.
