PICS: Three people survive truck crush
Three people escaped with minor injuries when a truck lost its load and tipped over onto their vehicle on the N12 in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Thursday morning.
ER24 spokesperson, Ineke van Huyssteen, says when paramedics arrived on the scene they found only the front part of the vehicle sticking out from under the trailer.
"It was found that three people were entrapped in the vehicle.
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"ER24, as well as the City of Johannesburg Fire, started with the extrication process that took more than an hour. Once the patients were freed, they were assessed and found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries," says Van Huyssteen.
She says the patients were transported to hospital for further medical care.
A police investigation is underway.
